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Climate Change Strategy for Dublin City 2008 – 2012
In May 2008, Dublin City Council adopted a Climate Change Strategy in association with Codema and through its Environment & Engineering SPC. It focuses on reducing the five million tonnes of CO₂ emitted each year in Dublin and addresses five key areas, namely energy, planning, transport, waste management and biodiversity.
CO₂ is the greenhouse gas that has the strongest effect on climate change and the strategy focuses primarily on the reduction of CO₂ gases. CO₂ mainly comes from the combustion of fossil fuels and our use of energy, therefore, which is commonly in the form of fossil fuels, is strongly connected to climate change. Due to the release of these gases, the climate has already started to change and will continue to do so giving higher global average temperatures, higher sea levels and changes in weather patterns leading to more extreme events with risk of extended periods of extensive flooding.
CO₂ emissions in the city can be divided between four major sectors – residential 32%, services 23%, manufacturing 20% and transport 25%. There are also some emissions from the waste management sector.
In 2006, Dublin city released approximately 5 million tonnes of CO₂, which was approximately 10.5% of the total Irish emissions that year. On average, a Dubliner releases 9.7 tonnes of CO₂ per year, while the Irish average is 11.3 tonnes.
The Climate Change Strategy for Dublin City is in accordance with the National Climate Change Strategy and with other agencies and State Departments. Close co-operation with all the local authorities in the Dublin Region is envisaged. The strategy covers the years 2008-2012 in the short-term, but also takes into account a medium-term view to 2020 and beyond. Once each year the strategy will be reviewed and updated.
Five focus sections have been chosen for the strategy – energy, planning, transport, waste management and biodiversity.
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