Goal
CLIMATE ACTION AND URBAN RESILIENCE
Lead and advocate for the transition of Dublin city, and its communities, to a healthy, low carbon and climate resilient future.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
This goal aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals:
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Lead the collaborative effort to bring about the systemic and behaviour change needed to deliver on our climate goals.
Significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in City Council operations.
Strengthen Dublin’s resilience and capacity to prevent, adapt to, and recover from, the known and unknown impacts of climate change.
Manage the city’s surface water drainage systems and water bodies.
Work to improve the city’s environment, including its air quality.
Maintain and improve emergency response and preparedness and empower people to stay safe at home and at business.
OUTCOME MEASURES
- Percentage reduction of Dublin’s greenhouse gas emissions from the 2018 baseline (Target 51% by 2030)
- Percentage reduction in emissions from City Council operations from the 2018 baseline (Target 51% by 2030)
- Percentage surface area retrofitted with sustainable drainage systems (Target: Minimum 20% reduction in discharge of surface water into the drainage system)
- Reduction in air pollution levels to ensure Dublin City Council meets World Health Organisation air quality guideline values by 2030 (Target: achieve annual reduction in NO2 levels to ensure limit value of 10mg per m3 is not exceeded by 2030)
- Percentage of cases inrespect of fire in which first attendance at scene is within 10 minutes / Percentage of cases in respect of all other emergency incidents in which first attendance at the scene is within 10 minutes (NSI)
- Average time taken, in minutes, to mobilise fire brigades in Full-Time Stations in respect of fire / Average time taken, in minutes, to mobilise fire brigades in Full-Time Stations in respect of all other (non-fire) emergency incidents (NSI)
- Number of smoke alarms distributed to homes and community organisations
KEY STRATEGIES AND PLANS
- Climate Action Plan 2024-2029
- Sustainable Drainage Design & Evaluation Guide 2021
- Rainwater Management Plans - Guidance for Local Authorities 2024
- Nature Based Management of Urban Rainwater and Urban Surface Water Discharge; A National Strategy 2024
- Noise Action Plan
- Dublin Fire Brigade Operational Plan
- Dublin City Council Major Emergency Management Plan
