Vast majority of people in Kilkenny concerned about climate change
New EPA research on Climate Change attitudes and behaviours are an emphatic endorsement of climate action according to Green Party Councillor Maria Dollard.
"Kilkenny people’s climate attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours are consistent with the rest of Ireland with eight out of ten people concerned about climate change.
"There is no discernible difference in findings between urban or rural dwellers," she said.
Cllr Maria Dollard welcomes the release of new interactive maps with county level data that shows people’s climate change beliefs, attitudes, policy preferences and behaviours.
These maps are part of the Climate Change in the Irish Mind study, undertaken by the EPA and the Yale University Program and they tell us that eight in every ten people are concerned about climate change.
“This may be the first time we have clear data that climate is as much of a concern to people in rural areas as it is to those in towns and cities. This is something I have long suspected and it encourages me that there is such widespread support for Green policies," added Cllr Dollard.