The following areas fall under the responsibility of the Climate Action and Urban Resilience Strategic Policy Committee:
Air/Water (Raw) Quality, Climate Change, Environmental Protection, Environmental sustainability, Flood Protection, Surface Water Drainage
Current policy issues discussed at meetings are:
Oversight of the Dublin Waste to Energy Project; Revised Postering Protocol for the City; Developing climate change strategy; Litter Management Plan; Proposals on Eastern and Midland Waste Plan; Identifying Dublin City Council Complexes that may benefit from Sustainable Energy Initiatives; Environmental Submissions on the City Development Plan
There are a minimum of six meetings a year, held every two months on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 4pm. Generally there are no meetings in July or August.
PPN Representation:
1 seat from the Environmental Pillar and 1 seat from either the Community or Social Inclusion Pillar
Role of the PPN Representative:
- Attends and participates at the committee they were elected to.
- Represents the views and concerns of members to the relevant policy committee
- Represents all the members of the PPN and not just their own group
- Feeds back to the PPN membership through reports, presentations and meetings (linkage meetings)
Meetings:
All SPC meetings are broadcast live, and recorded, by Dublin City Council. You can watch all upcoming or past SPC meetings in the Dublin City Webcast Library.
Agendas and minutes for upcoming and past Climate Action and Urban Resilience SPC meetings are available on the DCC website.