Climate Action Unit
09 April - attended Daiken ‘heat Pumps’ seminar
12 April - attended Climate Action Committee meeting #16
14 April – attended launch of LGMA ‘Delivering Effective Climate Action 2030’ initiative
16 April – attended Young Social Innovator’s ‘Speak Out’ event
19 April – attended internal meeting on DPD ‘last mile electric courier delivery’ initiative
20 April – attended internal ‘Creative Ireland Climate Action’ funding event
21 April – attended SEAI ‘Hydrogen Energy in Ireland’ webinar
22 April - attended ‘Global Destination Sustainability Index’ meeting with Visit Cork
22 April – attended internal ‘Decarbonising Zone’ planning meeting
26 April – provided input to Climate Action chapter of City Development Plan
26 April – attended Energy Cork Steering Group meeting
27 April – attended internal Energy Management meeting
28 April - attended internal ‘Decarbonising Zone’ planning meeting
29 April – attended internal ‘Arts and Culture Strategy Working Group’ meeting
29 April – attended Energy Cork’s briefing from Eirgrid ‘Shaping Ireland’s Energy future’
30 April – attended internal EU Interreg funding programme meeting.
New City Parklets
150K Funding confirmed by NTA for 6 new city parklets. Following the roll-out of the recent Parklet Scheme in the City Centre, Cork City Council is now seeking up to s ix new “Parklet Partners.” Areas eligible and particularly encouraged to apply for the new scheme include all suburbs of the City and the RAPID designated areas of Cork City.
Reachout Project
Initial approval has been received for a €124,455 grant from the Horizon 2020 programme to support participation in a 42- month EU partnership project on ‘Climate Services’ and developing adaptation strategies integrated in climate resilient urban development. Based on a proposal submitted in January, the REACHOUT project aims to contribute to ‘’bridging the last mile’’ in the development of a sustainable and accessible portfolio of tools to support citizens, private sector and government to improve resilience to Climate Change by bringing about something of a step-change in the use of knowledge and information. For Cork specifically (the MaREI centre is also among the partners), involvement with this project should help to better reach the community and business sectors of the quadruple helix, strengthening current efforts in these areas and establishing a city-wide structure of citizen engagement and behavioural change.
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