4 - Knowledge & Understanding Of Climate Change & Climate Action
Cork City’s GHG emissions: Perceived Contributors
Questions: Q.32 Which of these sectors, do you think, contribute the most and least to Cork City’s Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?
Sample size: 509
All adults
Contributes the most
Any ‘Top 3 Contributors’
Industry (incl manufacturing, pharmaceuticals)
71%
38%
Transport (incl all private vehicles, buses and commercial transportation)
30%
74%
12%
Agriculture and Fishing
46%
Commercial Services (incl restaurants, hotels, private office space and retail)
37%
6%
Public Services (incl Hospitals, Cork City Council buildings, schools and universities)
6%
27%
Residential (incl all domestic electricity consumption, heating and energy use within homes and households)
5%
33%
Climate change isn’t happening
4%
4%
Industry and Transport are clearly seen as the sectors which contribute most to the City’s GHG emissions; the Agriculture & Fishing sector is a distant third.
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