90% of people say Ireland has a responsibility to act on climate change

The report found that while people want to see climate policies enacted, mainly through Government actions, they were less inclined to change their political and consumption behaviours. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

The Irish population almost unanimously accepts climate change is happening and has indicated it will embrace a range of policies to mitigate against it.

That was just one of the findings from a major analysis from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its academic partner, the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication, looking at how the climate crisis has affected the collective Irish psyche.