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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 13, 2023

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the CEO to present an update on his onging work to deal with the Council's Climate Change targets; will he give details of this programme in that regard and will he make a statement? 

REPLY:

SDCC are progressing with implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) 2019-2024, and delivery of the 154 actions identified under the six Action Areas of: Energy and Buildings; Transport; Flood Resilience; Nature Based Solutions; Resource Management; and Citizen Engagement. Of the 154 Actions, 30 are considered completed and all others have commenced and are progressing.

A full update on each of these actions is included in the CCAP Annual Report 2022. These actions are established to work towards the overarching four key targets of the SDCC CCAP, which are set out as follows:

  1. 50% improvement in the Councils energy efficiency by 2030.
  2. 51% reduction in the Councils GHG emissions by 2030 – Net Zero CO2 by 2050.
  3. To make Dublin a climate resilient region by reducing the impacts of future climate change related events.
  4. To actively engage and inform our citizens on climate change.

The CCAP Annual Report 2022 was presented to the Environmental, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC in November 2022 and the County Council meeting in December 2022 - the report will shortly be published on SDCC’s Climate Action Website - https://sdcc.ie/en/climate-action/

The CCAP Implementation Plan 2023 was presented to the Environmental, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC on February 7th 2023. The Plan includes information on the work to be undertaken by SDCC in response to the requirements for Local Authorities under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, National Climate Action Plan (2023) and the Draft LA Climate Action Plan Guidelines that were issued in September 2022. A full presentation is planned to provide an update to the Council at the March 2023 Meeting.