Ireland's farmers just as worried about climate change as general population, new research finds

Most farmers said they consider the climate in their farming decisions. Two-thirds reported being more likely than not to change how they farm in the future to help the climate.

Farmers and the general population, both urban and rural, are equally worried about climate change and willing to take action to help stop it, new research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found.

No overall difference in knowledge about the broad causes and effects of climate change were found between farmers and non-farmers, nor between rural and urban residents.