09 Sep 2019
Dublin Local Authorities Launch their Climate Change Action Plans
The four Dublin Local Authorities have launched their Climate Change Action Plans 2019-2024, in association with Codema (Dublin’s Energy Agency) and the Dublin Metropolitan Climate Action Regional Office (CARO).
The Climate Change Action Plans, approved by the Elected Members of each Council in May, are recognised as a key enabler of on-going public sector leadership, in implementing and influencing climate action at the local level.
The Plans identify the main climate risks facing each local authority region. It includes four targets for the Councils to reach in the coming years:
A 33% improvement in the Council’s energy efficiency by 2020
A 40% reduction in the Councils’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
To make Dublin a climate-resilient region, by reducing the impacts of future climate change-related events
To actively engage and inform citizens on climate change
The Plans will be updated annually with a full review every five years.
To read each Plan in full, click here.
This is the first time that Dublin’s four local authorities have come together to produce individual Climate Change Action Plans for their specific areas. I welcome this initiative to examine and respond to the impact that climate change is having, and will continue to have, on the city and its citizens. Through the actions contained in this plan, Dublin City Council will take a leadership role by increasing the resilience of the city to extreme weather events, reducing energy use and applying low-carbon solutions to its services. Lord Mayor Paul McAuliffe
I welcome the publication of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024, which marks a significant step forward in the Council’s efforts in combating the causes and impacts of climate change. In rolling out this Plan, the Council will continue to demonstrate local leadership, across a range of action areas, with the aim of supporting other sectors in carrying out their own climate change efforts, in particular citizens, businesses and community groups across the County. I look forward to the implementation of the Plan, in collaboration with my colleagues in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the other Dublin local authorities. Cllr Shay Brennan, Cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
I am delighted to launch the Climate Change Action Plan which sets out a range of actions and measures which will help to make Fingal climate resilient. Fingal County Council will set out to actively inform and engage the public, through a range of innovative programmes and partnerships and, where possible, facilitate bottom-up, community-led solutions. Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Eoghan O’Brien
I welcome the publication of the South Dublin County Council Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024, which marks a significant step forward in the Council’s efforts in combating the causes and impacts of climate change. In rolling out this Plan, the Council will continue to demonstrate local leadership, across a range of action areas, with the aim of supporting other sectors in carrying out their own climate change efforts, in particular citizens, businesses and community groups across South Dublin County. I look forward to the implementation of the Plan, in collaboration with my colleagues in South Dublin County Council and the other Dublin local authorities. Councillor Vicki Casserly, Mayor of South Dublin County Council