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Planning Policy Unit Activities for the Climate Action Unit (CAU) • Local Authority Climate Action Plan (LACAP) – draft Guidelines & Technical Annexes circulated by the CARO. • REACHOUT project – Stakeholder & Stocktaking documents submitted to EU Project Co-ordinator. 3 climate action services tools agreed for trialling in Cork city. • Climate Action Team (CAT) – Minutes from meeting #6 in Dec 2021 and Agenda for meeting #7 in Feb 2022 developed and circulated. Presentation to be on ‘Air Quality Strategy’. • Climate Action Committee (CAC) – attend and contribute to CAC meeting #24 on 12 Jan 2022, which included a presentation on the CCiC Community Climate Action Programme by Cork Environmental Forum (CEF). • Local Community Climate Action Programme – good progress made on this programme within Cork city, despite COVID restrictions. • National Community Climate Action Programme – CARO indicated that further details would be released during March 2022. • Funding Applications – Application for ‘100 Climate Neutral Cities’ submitted by end Jan 20 22 deadline. • Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) – ongoing activities to progress this initiative within CCiC. • Kinship @ TVP – ongoing progress, including official launch on 25 Jan 2022. • Climate Action Training – continuing, as per LGMA/CARO programme, with workshop also run for SMT on 27 Jan 2022. • Young Social Innovator project - at planning stage for 2022 activities.
Derelict Sites Unit
Derelict sites Annual report
2021
New files opened
61 10 95 48 10
Sites added to register
Total sites on register at end of year
Sites in process of being put on register at end of year
Sites removed from register during year
Amount collected
€580,000
EU Projects A submission was made to the EU for inclusion as one or two cities large towns in Ireland that may join the 100 Climate Neutral Cities group. This is a very significant opportunity which has the backing of the multiple government agencies and the Government as it would involve significant funding on many fronts and across many stakeholders for the city to become carbon neutral by 2030.
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