Kildare and Kilkenny county councils renew partnership on climate change
ABOVE: Director of Services, Community, Climate, Environment, Water, Marian Higgins, Cathaoirleach of the County of Kildare, Cllr Darragh Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive, Kildare County Council, Sonya Kavanagh, Chief Executive, Kilkenny County Council, Lar Pawer, Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny, Cllr Michael Doyle, Director of Services, Environment and Climate, Sean McKeown.
Kildare and Kilkenny County Councils have today announced the renewal of their partnership agreement to lead the Eastern and Midlands Climate Action Regional Office (CARO) for the next six years.
Kildare County Council as the lead authority in the region, supported by Kilkenny County Council, coordinates the delivery of climate action across 17 Local Authorities, encompassing the border, midlands, mid-east and south-east counties of the country (with the exception of Dublin).
The Eastern and Midlands CARO is one of four offices established in 2018 to support local government to respond and adapt to climate change. They coordinate national and local climate policy and work to ensure a more joined-up approach to responding to the climate crisis at a regional level.
Chief Executive of Kildare County Council, Sonya Kavanagh welcomed the continued partnership with Kilkenny County Council for the Eastern and Midland Region:
“Over the previous five years, the partnership has been instrumental in helping local authorities in the region to respond to climate challenges, particularly on adaptation, and the Eastern and Midlands CARO has become a really valued resource for the local authorities within the region. We look forward to working closely with Kilkenny County Council to further progress support for climate action within the sector.”
Going forward the partnership will continue to help local authorities to deliver climate policies and behavioural change within their own organisations and to empower citizens, businesses and neighbourhoods to better understand the impacts of climate change and to embrace the need for climate action.