Demo site 2: Climate Zone 2, Temperate Oceanic, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
As per national requirements for identifying decarbonisation zones, Dublin City Council (DCC) selected two zones, including Ringsend and the Poolbeg peninsula. This area was chosen due to the presence of critical infrastructure that must be made resilient to current and future climate risks. Without adaptation measures, events or slow-burn processes could cascade and compound risks, potentially disrupting water treatment, electricity, and port services, affecting up to 50% of Ireland’s population.
Ongoing and planned activities in these areas include: retrofitting buildings to improve both energy efficiency and resilience, enhancing transport through active travel routes like the East Coast Trail and the Bus Connects rollout, covering Ringsend and Irishtown (1 EV charging point, 4 GoCar sharing points), implementing adaptation measures such as the River Dodder Flood Alleviation Scheme, Campshires, and coastal monitoring systems (Titan and Tidewatch), and adapting critical infrastructure, developing nature-based solutions, including projects in the Dublin Bay Biosphere, Ringsend Park, and Irishtown Nature Park, and using URDF funding for public realm works, road upgrades, and park redevelopment.
Target Demonstration Activities:
- Contribute to the National Climate Objective of a 51% reduction in GHG emissions.
- Apply a place-based approach.
- Utilize systems thinking to promote innovation and new learning in the transition to climate neutrality.
- Test a portfolio of actions, technologies, and interventions that support national climate goals.
- Address both energy and non-energy-related issues, including adaptation, biodiversity, and just transition.
- Test and demonstrate the Minority Report resilience digital toolkit and people-centric technology platform.
