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SDCC Launches Climate Action Plan 2024-29

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South Dublin County Council have published the approved Climate Action Plan 2024-2029, in accordance with the requirements of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021.


The Climate Action Plan sets out a range of actions across the six theme areas of Energy & Buildings, Transport, Flood Resilience, Nature Based Solutions, Circular Economy & Resource Management and Citizen Engagement. For more information click here.


With the support of my fellow Green Councillors, I proposed a number of important amendments to the draft plan which were agreed and adopted by Council Management and County Councillors. The amendments centre on carbon neutrality in our energy and buildings, development of active travel options, the phasing out of harmful products and to ensure active, inclusive communication and consultation with residents.


Amendments


Energy & Buildings

  1. Action E6: “Develop, or procure, a tool to be used for high level assessments of embodied carbon in SDCC projects at design stage and to design a policy proposal that all new council funded buildings are built to an emissions neutral standard

  2. Action E2: “Identify sites or opportunities for trialling renewable energy projects including but not limited to solar, wind, hydro and pumped storage

  3. Action GOV2: “Ensure Green Public Procurement (GPP) implementation in all SDCC tenders as part of the scored quality assessment, in order to source goods, services and works with a reduced climate and environmental impact, with a priority placed on goods, services and works with a neutral climate and environmental impact. Provide relevant GPP training for staff.

  4. New Action GOV5 “To develop a method, process or tool to allow the embodied carbon within proposed new buildings to be taken into consideration, to inform development across the county”

  5. New Action GOV6 “Develop, or procure, a tool to be used to calculate scope 3 emissions across all SDCC activities”

Transport


  1. New Action T11: “In addition to the statutory and non-statutory consultations, upon the launch of a proposed new active travel scheme, where appropriate and as needed, public meetings will be held and information leaflets will be distributed in the areas informing all residents of the details and benefits of such schemes”

  2. Action T11 amend “Implement the Safe Routes To School Programme and implement the School Streets Initiative and to ensure that individual communications plans are prepared and executed for each Safe Routes to School project. These plans, in consultation with An Taisce and where appropriate and as needed, could include communications to local residents and to the school community before delivery, during delivery and following completion.”

  3. Action GOV2 “Ensure Green Public Procurement (GPP) implementation in all SDCC tenders as part of the scored quality assessment, in order to source goods, services and works with a reduced climate and environmental impact, with a priority placed on goods, services and works with a neutral climate and environmental impact. Provide relevant GPP training for staff.


Circular Economy


  1. New Action N15: “Develop a strategy for the phase out of harmful products such as glyphosate and acrylic paint.”

  2. Action GOV2: “Ensure Green Public Procurement (GPP) implementation in all SDCC tenders as part of the scored quality assessment, in order to source goods, services and works with a reduced climate and environmental impact, with a priority placed on goods, services and works with a neutral climate and environmental impact. Provide relevant GPP training for staff.


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Mark Lynch

Representing Rathfarnham / Templeogue in
South Dublin County Council

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