Climate activists demonstating in Dublin in 2023: The Friends of the Earth poll shows the majority of people are more worried about climate change than they were two years ago. Photograph:Leah Farrell /© RollingNews.ie
The results from the poll of attitudes to climate change and climate policies will be presented at a Friends of the Earth conference on faster and fairer climate action in Dublin to mark Earth Day. A majority of people are more worried about climate change than they were two years ago. That is made up of 31 per cent who are somewhat more worried and 25 per cent who are a lot more worried.
Crucially, Mr Coghlan said, the 25 per cent saying “the Government is doing too much, too fast, to cut Ireland’s pollution” is one point less than gave that answer last year, so there is no sign of an upsurge in anti-climate action sentiment. Some 53 per cent strongly support “continuing to invest twice as much in new public transport as in new roads” as opposed only 6 per cent who strongly oppose it. Overall, 76 per cent support it compared to 13 per cent who oppose it.