Cork City Council to establish new climate action committee

The controversial Cork city flood defence proposals and the ambitious Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Study (CMATS) are to be reviewed by a new ‘climate action committee’ which is to be established by the city council.

Councillors have also declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in the city and have agreed to instruct the council chief executive, Ann Doherty, to prepare a trees and biodiversity policy within six months for approval by the council.