Meath County Council has prepared a draft Local Authority Climate Change Adaptation Strategy which will be on public display from Wednesday 19th June 2019 to Wednesday 17th July 2019 (both dates inclusive)

The Councils Consultation portal https://consult.meath.ie/ can be used to view and make online submissions in respect of the draft Strategy

Climate Change is a reality and local authorities like Meath County Council are at the coal face of advancing climate adaptation and mitigation in Ireland and while we are responsible for emissions and adaptations we are also influencers in such areas as energy, waste management, air quality, biodiversity, surface water management, planning, building control, transport choices etc.

We have responsibilities in terms of energy usage and choice of supply/source in our public lighting, buildings, depots, leisure facilities, in our housing stock, and our fleet. The Council are committed to achieving targets set for 2020 and 2030 in respect of energy efficiency, increase in renewables and decreases in Green House Gases (GHGs) associated with these areas of responsibility. Local Authorities are best placed to identify risk and vulnerabilities and to action them, across a wide spectrum of areas and under a variety of EU, National and Local Policies and Regulations

The main purpose of the draft Strategy is to outline practical actions that will help County Meath adapt to and mitigate against climate change and specifically across the key sectors over which Meath County Council exercise at least some level of operational control or influence. In total the draft strategy lists 135 objectives across 8 thematic areas and namely planning, economy, mobility, built environment, clean energy, resource management, water and natural resources

The draft strategy can be accessed at:  https://consult.meath.ie/