- EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities 2030 - Cork City Biodiversity Action Plan - Cork City Tree Strategy 2024 (to be published this year) - Cork City Council Air Quality Strategy 2021 - Cork City Blue-Green Infrastructure Plan - Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS) 2040 - National Food Vision Strategy 2030 - National Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy - National Recovery and Resilience Plan - National Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities Strategy This goal focuses on and is driven by the following objectives: - Establish an inclusive climate-leadership culture that ensures our city is resilient and adapts to climate change. - Reinforce community partnerships and ensure that all our citizens are included in and benefit from the climate actions, through better physical and mental health, food, and housing, among other co-benefits. - Minimise the use of fossil-fuels in our homes, places of work, and in our transport, and help people change to alternative energy sources. - Encourage a modal shift to sustainable travel, reducing car use and increasing the use of walking, cycling and public transport, especially for shorter journeys and by accelerating improvements in active and public transport infrastructure. - Protect and expand our green space and wildlife and create a circular economy that reduces waste. HLG 6 does not have direct negative impacts on environmental resources (see SEA screening in this main report for more details). AA Comment This HLG is strategic in nature and does not relate to the physical environment or land use and are concerned primarily with service delivery. Any projects that may be developed in order to achieve these goals will proceed within the framework of the Cork City Development Plan. It is concluded that there is no potential for adverse effects on European sites.
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