URBAN LEDS II webinar Wed 26 Feb 2020 #corkcityclimateaction Micheál Lyons: Manager – Climate Action Unit
Presentation Contents • Why Climate Adaptation first? • When do we do Climate Action? • Past & Present Climate Actions • Future Areas of focus for Climate Action • What we learned from EU Smart Cities / Grow Smarter
Climate Adaptation – Strategy by 31 Sept 2019 • To make Cork city as climate resilient as possible, reducing the impacts of current and future climate change-related conditions and events. • To pro-actively engage with all citizens on the subject of climate action, such as climate change, climate adaptation and climate mitigation. • 7 key thematic areas - 17 objectives – 66 actions
We are Cork The Cork metropolitan area has many natural and developed advantages, which make it an attractive area to live, to visit and to carry out business in: • One of the largest natural harbours in the world; • A significant power generation station and an oil refinery; • A Tier 1 seaport and an international airport, plus important rail and road links/hubs; • Well developed digital infrastructure; • A critical mass of excellent educational institutions; • Major hospital and medical/health sector facilities; • A vibrant cultural, sporting and recreational scene; • A strong economic sector (over 150 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) companies); and • Significant commercial and retail facilities. • ………………but when climate disruption happens……….
We are Cork and we want more Climate Mitigation
We are Cork
We are Cork WHO UNESCO Healthy Learning City City EU Smart Covenant Gateway of Mayors City City
We are Cork … we want to be UN Sustainable OECD Development Resilient City City A Greener An Eco- City Friendly City
Cork City Council’s Energy, Climate and Sustainability Leadership
Future areas of focus for Climate Action
Climate Action – Governance & Delivery Cork City Council Climate Action Unit Climate Action Team Senior Climate Action Management Committee Team Project Project Project Team 1 Team 2 Team 3
Cork City Council’s - the 7 key thematic areas Follow the star….
Cork City Council’s - the 7 key thematic areas Follow the star…. Local Adaptation Governance & Partnerships Infrastructure Business with other & Built Operations Sectors & Environment Agencies 7 thematic areas 17 objectives 66 actions Land Use & Citizen Safety, Development Health & Wellbeing Nature, Natural Drainage, Resources & Water & Flood Cultural Management Infrastructure
Drill down from the themes into the objectives… OBJ 1: To support the OBJ 2: To ensure that successful and OBJ 3: To develop and climate adaptation is practical maintain a resource mainstreamed into all implementation of and risk model for relevant activities & climate adaptation Cork City Council operations planning Theme 1: Local Adaptation Follow the star…. Governance & Business Operations OBJ 6: To identify & OBJ 5: To build support opportunities OBJ 4: To build capacity within Cork that may arise from resilience within Cork City Council to pursuing adaptation City Council to support respond effectively to efforts through the service delivery extreme weather functions of Cork City events Council
Identify ‘responsible’ People and Directorates…… OBJ 1: To support the OBJ 2: To ensure that successful and OBJ 3: To develop and climate adaptation is practical maintain a resource mainstreamed into all implementation of and risk model for relevant activities & climate adaptation Cork City Council operations planning Leads: SED / Leads : Roads & Climate Action Leads : Env Ops / SED Team SED/SMT Theme 1: Local Adaptation Governance & Business Leads : Operations SED Leads : ICT / Roads & Env Ops OBJ 6: To identify & OBJ 5: To build support opportunities OBJ 4: To build capacity within Cork that may arise from Leads : resilience within Cork City Council to pursuing adaptation Training / CCP City Council to support respond effectively to efforts through the / Roads & Env service delivery extreme weather functions of Cork City Ops /ICT events Council
Link ‘External Partners to each action…… Lead: Roads & Env Ops Action 4.1: Develop External Business Continuity Council Teams: Partners: Plans to identify & • Plant & Machinery CARO address specifically • ICT Services the impacts associated • Severe Weather Assessment Team with extreme weather • Corporate Affairs & International Relations events etc Theme 1: OBJ 4: To build External Local Leads : ICT / resilience within Cork Partners Adaptation Roads & Env Ops City Council to support Governance service delivery & Business Defence Forces Operations Action 4.2: Develop a Port of Communications Lead: ICT Services Gardai Cork Contingency Plan to identify essential key Council Teams: Irish Water staff to be able to • Severe Weather Assessment Team access all essential • Fire Service Health Services council systems • Corporate Affairs & International Executive remotely etc Relations
What we learned from EU Smart Initiatives
What we learned from EU Smart Initiatives • Low Energy Districts • Sustainable Urban Mobility • Integrated Infrastructures • developing networks • examining how we can leverage second-mover advantage for our own projects • and then to help those cities/communities who are further behind on the curve than us. The 3 key areas of GrowSmarter align strongly with the CCiC actions in our Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2019-2024, the 26 actions from our Climate Charter, many of the 20 actions from our Government’s Climate Action Plan 2019, the entire ethos of the Covenant of Mayors/SECAP and from the future Climate Change Mitigation Strategy. An excellent headstart on developing our Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2019- 2024 and will help in implementing our actions and making progress on Climate Action (adaptation and mitigation), Biodiversity, Circular Economy etc.
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