TU Dublin explore strategic vision for the Capital at Decarbonising Dublin Summit
TU Dublin were proud supporters of the first Decarbonising Dublin Summit, which was organised by Dublin’s energy agency Codema.
Taking place on Thursday, 14 November 2024, over 100 attendees participated in the cross-sectoral gathering, which focused on the challenges and opportunities for Dublin to meet its 2030 and 2050 climate and energy targets. Together participants explored the strategic vision for Dublin's future, focusing on what needs to happen by 2050 across different sectors.
TU Dublin’s Sustainability Action Research and Innovation Lead, Dr Lorraine D'Arcy, joined the summit as a speaker on the Session 2 panel, which was moderated by Jeanne Moore, NESC. Also on the panel was Katlyen Armstrong, Bohemian FC, Jim Scheer, SEAI, Liam Ryan, EirGrid, Marion Jammet, Irish Green Building Council and Helen Shaw, Athena Media.
The panelists focused their own vision for Dublin through imagery and highlighted key points from best practices relevant to their own area of research or expertise. The session concluded with a 'Postcards from Dublin 2050' visioning exercise where attendees were asked to imagine life in a sustainable and decarbonised Dublin in 2050.
Following the event Dr Lorraine D'Arcy said:
It was wonderful to see that the shared vision for 2050 was for human-centred environments since social connectiveness is such an important factor in addressing the climate crisis.
TU Dublin's Head of Societal Engagement, Helena Fitzgerald, was the Session 4 panel moderator which focused on inspirational projects that could spark ideas for decarbonising Dublin. Contributing to the panel discussion was Rebekah McCabe, Involve Northern Ireland, Alejandro Gómez, Valencia Clima i Energia, Cillian McMahon, Business in the Community Ireland, and Sarah McEllistrem, Codema.
TU Dublin's community-focused partners Bohemian's Football Club (BOHs) and Connecting Cabra presented their projects as best practice case studies for community climate action and decarbonisation. TU Dublin's Sustainability Education team who work closely with both groups were also in attendance.
The summit set out to foster meaningful discussion on how Dublin can become a leading European capital on climate mitigation. Codema has published a Decarbonising Dublin Summit Audience exercise summary, which captures the discussions and key findings from the event.