Chapter 5 I Climate Change and the Environment
Objective 5.1 A Climate Resilient City To create a more climate resilient, low carbon and environmentally sustainable City where our stakeholders and communities participate in, and benefit from integrated climate and environment action measures which also offer other social, economic and biodiversity benefits.
Objective 5.4 Coordinated Regional Action on Climate Change To support the Southern Regional Assembly, the Climate Action Regional Office (CARO) and relevant stakeholders in preparing a Regional Renewable Energy Strategy.
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Objective 5.5
Objective 5.3 International Climate Change Research and Recognition To promote Cork City as a location for climate change research and investment. To support and where possible surpass the implementation of international policy and national legislation, policy, sectoral adaptation strategies and guidance on climate change in Cork City including the commitment within the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 to secure a 51% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and to net zero by 2050. International and National Climate Change Legislation, Policy and Guidance
Objective 5.6 Climate Change Projects To support and encourage opportunities for renewable energy, climate change adaptation or climate change mitigation research and pilot projects across the City. Climate and Environmental Action Strategies To implement the actions and initiatives contained within the Cork City Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (2018), Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (2019), Climate Action Charter (2019), The Cork Energy Masterplan (2019) and their successor publications over the lifetime of the Development Plan including actions arising from the Government’s ‘Interim Climate Actions 2021’, the proposed National Climate Action Plan 2021 and future local Climate Action Plans.
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