Cork County Council launches first-ever Climate Action Plan

Plan to reduce direct carbon emissions by 51% by 2030

Loraine Lynch, divisional manager, Cork County Council; Cllr. Frank O'Flynn, Mayor of the County of Cork and Louis Duffy, director of services for environment, Cork County Council. Picture: Brian Lougheed

Cork County Council has launched its first-ever Climate Action Plan which aims to support the local authority in helping to reduce direct carbon emissions by 51% by the year 2030.

Among the initiatives included within the plan are the delivery of new greenway infrastructure between Midleton and Youghal, and the designation of Macroom as the county's first 'Decarbonisation Zone'(DZ).