COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, November 12, 2018
QUESTION NO.17
QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor
To ask the Chief Executive to present an update on actions being taken in respect of Climate Change; will he confirm contacts he has had in respect of this most important issue for our futures and will he make a statement.
REPLY:
South Dublin County Council has produced a Draft Climate Change Action Plan, which lists the actions that South Dublin County Council will undertake in order to mitigate and to adapt to the effects of Climate Change. This Draft Plan is before the SPC in November and will go out to public consultation in Q1 2019.
South Dublin County Council has lead in the establishment of the Climate Action Regional Office for the Dublin Metropolitan Area. SDCC will continue to work with this new office in order to deliver a regionally co-ordinated approach to climate change. This office will also be tasked with applying for grant funding nationally and from European funds and working regionally with the academic institutions in Dublin and the wider region.
All Local Authorities are required to reduce their CO2 emissions by 33% by 2020, and South Dublin County Council is on target to achieve this reduction. South Dublin County Council has also signed up to the Covenant of Mayors which commits SDCC to a reduction of Green House Gas Emissions by 40% by 2040 and make SDCC more resilient to the affects to Climate Change.
Some key Mitigation actions to reduce the CO2 emissions are:
- Heatnet District Heating System
- Conversion of the Public Lighting to LED
- Updating Lighting in SDCC buildings to LED
- Improving the efficiency of the SDCC fleet including the use of Electric Vehicles.
- Promote the modal shift from private cars to other forms of transport.
- Tree planting to sequester CO2
Some key Adaptation Actions to make the County more resilient to the effects of Climate Change
- Delivery of the Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme.
- Delivery of the Whitechurch Flood Alleviation Scheme
- Production of a Severe Weather Plan
- Production of a Flood Plan
- Major Emergency Planning Co-ordination with neighbouring LA's, the Dublin Fire Brigade, An Garda Siochana, the HSE and Dublin Civil Defence in relation to responding to flooding and severe weather events.