It’s a pilot project to test things like swales, tree pits and porous paved surfaces to reduce flooding, as the climate changes.
Tag: climate change
Posted inCity Desk, Nov 9th, 2022
To Reduce Traffic and Emissions, An Post Proposes Taking Over Parcel Deliveries in Dublin 2
Whether couriers, such as Amazon, UPS, DPD or DHL, will participate isn’t clear. They didn’t respond to queries.
Posted inCity Desk, Nov 2nd, 2022
In Crumlin, a Chance to Swap Good Clothes for Better Ones
“That whole idea of capitalism and consuming more and more, we want to be the opposite of that, like as an antidote, I suppose,” says organiser Mary Fleming.
Posted inCity Desk, Oct 26th, 2022
As Coastal Flood Risk Rises, the Council Seeks to Defend Property and Residents to Defend Their Landscape – and Nothing’s Been Built
This challenge, epitomised by Clontarf, is cropping up all over Ireland and likely to become more common as efforts ramp up to adapt to climate change.
Posted inCity Desk, Oct 19th, 2022
Council to Consider if People Who Drive Bigger, More Polluting Vehicles Should Pay More to Park
Dublin City Council plans to look next year at such a scheme. “It’s on the to-do list.”
Posted inSep 21st, 2022, Unreal Estate
Even as Dubliners Look to Cut Energy Use, Apartments Ban Hanging Laundry to Dry on Balconies
Faced with the alternative of a tumble dryer, Luis Bruno decided to rebel and put a clothes horse out. “Global warming is a reality we can’t escape,” he says.
Posted inSep 21st, 2022, Unreal Estate
In Harold’s Cross, Residents and the Climate-Concerned Wonder If Knocking Homes to Rebuild More Densely Is the Best Plan
Adroit Company Ltd has applied for planning permission to demolish 53 homes to build 194 apartments in their place.
Posted inAug 31st, 2022, City Desk
Could Dubliners Do Their Big Shops on Foot Instead of by Car?
If the city is to push for people to cut short journeys by car, to meet climate goals, then the weekly shop could be one car trip to look at eliminating – but how?
Posted inAug 24th, 2022, City Desk
At Bohemian Football Club’s First Film Festival, “Neptune Frost” Tackles the Links between Colonialism and Climate Injustice
The headliner film sets the tone for the festival and its overall theme of climate justice, says Sean McCabe. Plus, it’s hugely entertaining, he says.
Posted inAug 17th, 2022, City Desk
To Meet the City’s Climate Goals, Dubliners Need to Stop Jumping in the Car for Five-Minute Trips
Changing how people travel for short journeys has the the most potential for reducing transport emissions in Dublin, says Eoin Ahern, an energy researcher for Codema.