Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
SME Energy and Carbon Demands, Green Initiatives and Technology: Discussion
Mr. John Magee:
In the context of the circular economy, it is important that we think local and of the local economy upwards. In that context, local authorities are doing work right now in putting local authority climate action plans in place. Many of those will put the idea of supporting the circular economy at local level at the heart of what they are doing. They are putting engagement with local communities at the heart of what they are doing, and are putting in place pilot decarbonisation communities for the first time. That bottom-up approach will unleash the admiralty to an extent. We have to think about this from the bottom up. Those climate action plans will see a whole-of-community and a whole-of-local-economy approach to addressing these kinds of issues.