Draft Local Authority Climate Action Plan 2024-2029

  • 9 November 2023
Draft Local Authority Climate Action Plan 2024-2029

Notice is hereby given that Sligo County Council has, pursuant to Section 16 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, prepared a Draft Local Authority Climate Action Plan 2024-2029.

The Draft Climate Action Plan relates to the County of Sligo.  It sets out how the local authority can promote a range of mitigation, adaptation and other climate action measures, to help deliver on the national climate obligations and the Government’s overall National Climate Objective, which seeks to pursue and achieve, by no later than the end of 2050, the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy.

Public Consultation

The Council are seeking and inviting views from the public to help inform the final stages of the Climate Action Plan 2024-2029.  A public consultation is being held on the draft Plan and the accompanying environmental reports, from Thursday the 9th of November to Thursday the 21st of December (both days inclusive) 2023.  

Sligo County Council’s Draft Climate Action Plan, Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report and other supporting documentation, will be on display and available for public inspection for the above dates on this public consultation portal and at the following locations: 

  • County Hall, Riverside, Sligo
  • City Hall, Quay street, Sligo
  • Teach Laighne, Humbert Street, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo

Making A Submission

You are invited to make a submission or observation on the plan and accompanying environmental reports, between Thursday the 9th of November to Tuesday the 21st of December (both days inclusive) 2023, via the following options:

Online:

A written submission can be made electronically through the Council’s Online Public Consultation Portal: https://consult.sligococo.ie (up to 5:00pm on Thursday the 21st of December);

OR

By email to climate@sligococo.ie (No later than 5.00pm on Thursday the 21st of December 2023);

 OR

In Writing to:

The Climate Action Team,
Sligo County Council,
County Hall, Riverside, Sligo F91 Y762.

Submissions should be marked ‘Sligo County Council Draft Local Authority Climate Action Plan 2024-2029’. (No later than 5.00pm on Thursday the 21st of December 2023)

 

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