Planning and Implementation

Clare Climate Action Plan 2024 - 2029

The Clare Climate Action Plan 2024-2029 sets out key actions that will support County Clare in its transition to becoming a climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy by 2050. The actions of the plan not only look at how Clare County Council can transform its own operations and services, but also addresses what other organisations the Council can partner with and what supports it can give to local communities and individuals.

Energy and carbon reduction

Clare County Council is responsible for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from across its own assets and infrastructure, whilst also taking on a broader role of influencing and facilitating others to meet their own targets. The National Climate Action Plan sets out that the public sector must improve its energy efficiency by 50% by 2030, based on a 2009 baseline and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030, based on a 2018 baseline.

Reductions of over 1,000,000 kg C02 have been achieved to date with examples of carbon reduction initiatives implemented in Clare County Council facilities and assets including public lighting upgrades, biomass heating systems and solar energy generation.