Just over a third of adults regard climate change as the most pressing environmental challenge facing the country, according to an opinion poll on issues of environmental concern commissioned by the EPA., while climate change figures in the top three most pressing environmental issues facing Ireland among 61 per cent of 1,009 adults surveyed by Red C last November.
That said, he noted people often felt climate change was remote and hard to get a handle on. In contrast, the waste and plastics issue was more tangible; people want to do something about plastics and felt they were being blocked by Government, product manufacturers and retailers, he said. “It is clear to us ...the public, business and broader society have a greater understanding of the link between reduced emissions and a clean environment, and our health, our wellbeing, our economy, our very culture,” she added.