A national study by the Economic and Social Research Institute has found that farmers, people living in rural areas, and urban residents are all worried by climate change and equally willing to take action to help stop it.
However, it found the public's understanding of the every day behaviours that generate the greatest greenhouse gas emissions was generally poor, but lower among farmers.
The ESRI says most people believe incorrectly that switching to a hybrid car has a larger impact on personal emissions than switching to a plant-based diet.
The ESRI's Behavioural Research Unit surveyed a representative sample of almost 1,700 adults, including 467 farmers, for this study.
When presented with examples such as flying less, eating less meat, going car-free, and improving home energy efficiency, the majority of farmers, rural residents, and urban residents indicated a general willingness to make changes to their lifestyle to reduce climate change.
Overall, there was what the ESRI describes as "modest support" for pro-climate policies.
The most supported policies were those involving subsidies and service provision such as home retrofit grants, and assistance for farmers to adopt greener technology.
The least supported policies were those involving proposed restrictions such as making flights more expensive or reducing the national herd size.
Head of the Behavioral Research Unit Professor Pete Lunn said the findings show that any talk of an urban-rural divide on the issue of climate change simply isn't true.
"We cannot find a difference between farmers and non-farmers, between rural-dwellers and urban-dwellers, in perceptions about climate change, understanding of climate change, attitudes towards climate change, and willingness to change behavior for the climate," he said.
However, the survey did reveal differences in what the groups understand about key elements of climate change.
The biggest differences concern the relationship between diet and carbon emissions.
"There's a real lack of understanding that what you eat is a fundamental part of your carbon footprint," Prof Lunn said.
"Whether you're an urban dweller, a rural dweller, or a farmer, there are knowledge gaps in people's comprehension of what causes emissions.
"The only place we really found a difference, though, was about how large a contribution eating meat makes to your carbon footprint.
"Beef and dairy farmers thought it was smaller than the rest of the population.
"But the whole population is underestimating how strong that relationship is between what we eat and the emissions we produce.
Prof Lunn said the survey findings underscore the need for better communication about the fact that eating a healthy diet is also good for the planet.
"If you come close to following the HSE guidelines on what you should eat, you actually reduce your carbon emissions by a lot.
"If you go from an average Irish diet to one that's closer to those guidelines, you can reduce your carbon emissions by about 30%.
"We don't really communicate that what's good for you from a health point of view is also good for the health of the planet," he said.
Most farmers said they consider the climate when making farming decisions.
Two-thirds said they are "more likely than not" to change how they farm in the future to help the climate.
The study found that only a small minority of participants, fewer than 3%, was fully opposed to all climate policies.
However, more than 30% fully oppose some of the least supported policies, including reducing the size of the national cattle herd.
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in Ireland are higher than emissions from any other sector in the economy.
In addition, agriculture emissions per capita in Ireland are more than twice as high as in any other EU country.
Despite this however, more than one third of respondents failed to identify agriculture as one of the three sectors of the Irish economy that generate the most greenhouse gas emissions.
