Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029
In the above table 5.4.3, you can see that there is a high level of support for most climate actions. Almost 8 out of 10 people on average (77%) favoured more climate actions.
The top-most popular actions were:
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Having more parks
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Having locally produced food prioritised in our shops and restaurants
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More on-street planting
Support For Climate Action In Cork City Area
Somewhat Support %
Strongly Support %
Any support %
More parks and biodiversity (for example grass, trees, rivers, lakes and plants)
18
75
93
20
69
89
Locally produced food (Co Cork) prioritised in shops and restaurants
21
68
89
More on-street planting where feasible
27
60
87
More pedestrianised streets
29
49
78
Pedestrian priority at crossings
31
41
72
Bus and cyclist priority at traffic lights
Reduce the burning of solid fuels (coal, turf, wood and so on) to heat homes
29
42
71
30
37
67
Higher density housing in the city centre
32
34
66
Higher density housing in the suburbs
Higher density housing in commuter towns (such as Glanmire and Ballincollig)
33
34
67
Reallocating road space (including on-street parking spaces to bus lanes or cycle lanes
33
33
66
28
49
77
Average
Climate Conversations To further explore Cork City people’s views on climate related issues, we ran workshops with the public sector, community sector, business sector and elected members. We also ran consultation sessions with children through play and with young people through the Young Social Innovators programme 31 . The issues and solutions raised in these workshops have fed into the development of LECP actions related to climate action.
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