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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Patrick Pearse Holohan

regarding the climate action bill we were presented at march council meeting, has there been an economic report regarding how it might effect peoples cost of living in a positive or negative way ?

REPLY:

The process for the preparation of the updated SDCC Climate Action Plan 2024 - 2029 was presented at the March Council Meeting. This outlined that SDCC will increase the level of ambition in the existing Council's Climate Action Plan (CAP) to align with the actions and targets in the National Climate Action Plan 2023 and the key responsibilities set out by the Local Authority CAP Guidelines. The climate actions set out by SDCC's CAP are measured against the key climate action goals in relation to achieving 50% improvement in Energy Efficiency and a 51% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 and providing climate adaptation measures.

As part of the process for updating the Climate Actions within the plan, we will work to assess the impacts of the actions (social impacts, environmental impacts, etc). It is to align with the goal of a Just Transition (adopted at Government level), to ensure that these targets are addressed in a way that delivers fairness and promote a balanced socio-economic transition, in a partnership with those impacted by the transition to net zero by 2050.

Certain actions will have a clear impact on the cost of living, such as the goal to retrofit SDCC's social housing to a BER level of B2 which will reduce energy costs for residents, or the provision of home energy savings kits for public use.