Kildare's Climate Action Plan and the Maynooth Decarbonizing Zone Plan is set to be shaped with views from the local community.

The Local Community Public Consultation event will give residents an opportunity to shape Maynooth's Low-carbon Future. A series of short presentations will be given by guest speakers followed by breakout groups where ideas and suggestions will be formulated, which will feed into the plan. 

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Kildare County Council and RPS will host the event on Wednesday 24 May from 7pm until 9pm.

The All of Government Climate Action Plan, 2019 sets out an ambitious whole-of-society approach designed to enable Ireland to meet its EU targets of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, and thereafter to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The plan sets Local Authorities the challenge of initially identifying one Decarbonising Zone in each local authority. A Decarbonising Zone (DZ) is defined as a spatial area in which a range of climate mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity measures and action owners are identified to address local low carbon energy, greenhouse gas emissions and climate needs to contribute to national climate action targets.