85% of Irish adults worried about global warming implications

The vast majority of Irish adults are concerned about the implications of global warming on the country. This pictures shows melting ice forming a lake on free-floating ice jammed into the Ilulissat Icefjord during unseasonably warm weather in 2019 near Ilulissat, Greenland. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty

The vast majority of Irish adults are concerned about the implications of global warming on the country.

New research, commissioned by Coillte, asked more than 1,000 people for their views on climate change and the use of afforestation - the planting of new trees and forests - and reforestation - the restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted - as tools to combat its effects.