Category: Climate Action
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A Mandate from Malahide’s Children: Imagining Malahide in Ten Years’ Time
The recent Malahide Chamber of Commerce Children’s Art Competition, Malahide in Ten Years’ Time, was much more than an opportunity for young people to showcase their artistic talents. The artwork displayed at Malahide Library offered a glimpse into how children imagine the future of the place they call home. Across the entries, several themes emerged.…
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Gairdín Aeráide Launch Highlights Community Climate Action in Malahide
I had the pleasure of attending the launch of Gairdín Aeráide (Climate Garden) in Malahide, an inspiring initiative created by the dedicated volunteers of Malahide Tidy Towns. The official opening was performed by Minister Darragh O’Brien TD, with Councillors Joan Hopkins, David Healy and Luke Corkery also in attendance, alongside many community volunteers and supporters…
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From Climate Plans to Climate Action: The Capacity Challenge Facing Communities Like Malahide
This month brought a mixture of encouraging news and sobering reality for climate action in Ireland. On the one hand, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) latest projections indicate that Ireland remains significantly off track in achieving its legally binding climate targets for 2030. Current measures are unlikely to deliver the emissions reductions required. On the…
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Learning, Resourcing, Delivering: Closing the Gap in Local Climate Action
The past few weeks have been productive and enlightening. As Chair of the Malahide Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Group, I have moved between meetings, workshops, and site visits. What emerges is not a lack of ambition, but a persistent question: how do we turn that ambition into consistent, visible progress? Our work began with a…
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Malahide Moves Closer to Carbon Neutrality: Energy Master Plan Taking Shape
This week marked a decisive step forward for Malahide’s climate ambitions. At the Malahide Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Group kick-off meeting with ORS, tangible progress was made on the town’s Energy Master Plan. As a Sustainable Energy Community, supported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Malahide is working towards a clear objective: to become…
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From Information Providers to Sustainability Partners: A Practical Model for Helping SMEs Take Climate Action
Small and medium enterprises repeatedly say the same thing: they’re not short of sustainability information — they’re short of the capacity to use it in real business settings. National supports tend to flood SMEs with webinars and PDFs, but rarely offer the hands-on, relationship-centred help required to turn climate knowledge into meaningful action. To close…
Dr. Katrin Dreyer-Gibney 