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DRCD Climate Action Roadmap
From Department of Rural and Community Development
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The Climate Action Plan 2021 (CAP21) envisages the public sector leading by example on climate action to reach the target of reducing Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 and becoming climate neutral no later than 2050.
To support public sector bodies leading by example, a Public Sector Climate Action Mandate now applies to public bodies covered by the CAP21 decarbonisation targets, with the exception of except for local authorities, commercial semi state bodies, and schools.
One of the key requirements of the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate is to ensure a Climate Action Roadmap is developed by each public body by the end of Q1 2023.
The Climate Action Roadmap communicates how each public body aims to meet the requirements of the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate 2022 (the Mandate) and reach its 2030 carbon and energy efficiency targets.
The themes laid out in the Climate Action Roadmap are guided by SEAI guidance documentation and CAP 21. These are:
- Our people
- Our targets
- Our way of working
- Our buildings (and vehicles)
