Milestone 2: Research

Meet with staff and arrange workshops 

To develop the adaptation and mitigation baselines, Codema engaged DCC staff through one-to-one meetings, and facilitated a preliminary workshop to introduce the staff to the action plan process, develop risks and impacts, and collect baseline data. 

These one-to-one meetings and the first workshop included over 60 staff across the four DLAs. The workshop provided an opportunity for staff to collaborate with each other. DLA staff were asked to elaborate on the key climate change vulnerabilities facing the Dublin Region, and to begin gathering actions needed to address these areas.

Collect baseline data

Codema carried out an adaptation risk assessment on behalf of DCC, which identifies and assesses the current climate change risks facing the City. With support from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Codema also developed an energy and emissions baseline, which shows the current level of emissions and energy efficiency for DCC’s own operations and emissions for the whole City. Research into people’s attitudes and awareness was used in order to inform the stakeholder engagement actions of the plan. The following section shows these baselines.