Environment Resources

Questions on the Environment were asked in the Northern Ireland Life and Times (NILT) survey in 2000, as part of the International Social Survey Programme.
Questions on Climate Change were asked in NILT in 2024.
Questions on the Environment and Global Issues were asked of 16 year olds in the Young Life and Times (YLT) Survey in 2006 and 2025.
Questions on the Environment were asked of 10-11 year olds in the Kids' Life and Times (KLT) survey in 2019, 2022 and 2025.

ARK Resources

• Young people's attitudes to lynx and wolf reintroductions (Research Update 168) by Jonny Hanson, uses data from the 2025 YLT and KLT surveys.
• Clean and green: Young people's attitudes to environmental goals (Research Update 164) by Jonny Hanson, uses data from the 2025 YLT and KLT surveys.
• Faith in a time of climate chaos: Religion and attitudes to climate change (Research Update 166) by Jonny Hanson, Gladys Ganiel and Emma Soye, is based on data from the 2024 NILT survey.
• The political climate: political parties and attitudes to climate change in Northern Ireland (ARK Feature 22) by Jonny Hanson and Katy Hayward, uses data from the 2024 NILT survey.
• Ethnic Diversity and Environmental Leadership in Northern Ireland (ARK Policy Brief 36) by Jonny Hanson, Ann Marie Gray, Lori Gatsi-Barnett and Takura Makoni is based on a policy roundtable held in March 2025.
• Attitudes to Climate Change in Northern Ireland (Research update 161) by Katy Hayward and Jonny Hanson, is based on data from the 2024 NILT survey. A short video summarising these findings is also available.
• A seminar 'A climate of trust? Society and climate change in Northern Ireland' was held on 27 May 2025. The speakers' presentations are available in a YouTube playlist.
• Achieving a Just Transition in Northern Ireland (Policy Brief 33) by Jonny Hanson and Ann Marie Gray, is based on a Policy Round Table held in October 2024.
• Cultivating Good Relations though Social and Community Farming (Policy Brief 31) by Jonny Hanson and Aoibeann Walsh, highlights the development of social and community farming in relation to improving connections between differing religious, political and ethnic communities in Northern Ireland.
• The environment: am I bovvered? (Research Update 49) by Paula Devine, explores attitudes to the environment using data from the 2006 Young Life and Times survey.
• Being Green: Attitudes to the Environment, (Research Update 15) by Paula Devine and Katrina Lloyd, is based on data from the 2000 NILT survey.

Links

• Northern Ireland Environment Link is a coalition of organisations working together to promote the environment of Northern Ireland.

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