CCC-CAP-Residential-Survey-FLIPBOOK

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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