Climate Action - Adaption & Mitigation

This plan concentrates on the two approaches required to tackle climate change. The first, mitigation, consists of actions that will reduce current and future GHG emissions; examples of these include reductions in energy use, switching to renewable energy sources and carbon sinks. The second approach, adaptation, consists of actions that will reduce the impacts that are already happening now from our changing climate and those that are projected to happen in the future.

These include flood protection, reduced impact of rising sea levels, increased resilience of infrastructure, and emergency response planning. The approaches are interconnected and should be planned together.

Mitigation and adaptation actions in this plan are based on both the current situation as defined in the baselines, the future risk projections and the remit of the Dublin Local Authorities.