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Cork City welcomes representatives of the NetZeroCities Consortium

As a member of the EU Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities, Cork City welcomed two representatives of the NetZeroCities Consortium, to witness firsthand the city’s progress towards a sustainable future.

Ms. Maria Giorda is the NetZeroCities City Advisor for Cork and is supporting the city to access technical and policy assistance from the NetZeroCities Consortium. As the City Finance Specialist for Cork and Dublin, Mr. Alvar Gener is assisting the city to secure support from the EU Mission’s Capital Hub. The Capital Hub is a facility that provides technical assistance on climate project development, working with cities to turn ideas about how to reduce greenhouse gases from buildings and transport systems into large-scale, fundable projects. The Hub also helps facilitating access to public and private capital for those projects

The visitors will discuss the City’s plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030, the central goal of the city’s membership of the EU Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities. They are also viewing sites for flagship low carbon development on the North and South Docks and the ongoing public realm and flood relief works on Morrison’s Island among other projects.

You may hear a brief interview with the NetZeroCities representatives below:

In a packed schedule, the visitors will meet with Councillors on Cork’s Climate Action Committee and Directors of Service at the Council. Cork Chamber is also hosting a meeting of business leaders with an interest in decarbonising their own operations and the provision of services to others. The final engagement is with the Climate Neutral Cork Leadership Group, a multi-stakeholder body involving the major public sector institutions in the city, the business representative groups (Cork Chamber, CBA, IBEC, and CIF), civil society, and Comhairle na Nog. The visitors will set out the opportunities that the mission is providing to the 112 cities participating across Europe, in particular on how climate action and green growth is critical to economic security in the future.
Director of Services, David Joyce said: “Storm Darragh reminded us, again, that climate action has never been more important to the future safety and resilience of our city. We welcome the challenge the mission presents to reduce carbon emission as quickly as possible. We will avail of all the support from Europe that we can.”.

Conor Healy, Cork Chamber CEO said, “Cork’s business community is committed to achieving the transition to a low-carbon economy. As an SDG Champion, Cork Chamber is deeply committed to sustainability, embedding it within all our activities and initiatives. This is essential to securing Cork’s continued growth and prosperity. Partnership and collaboration will remain central to forging the changes required to ensure a sustainable future for our region. The support from the European Union is very welcome and will help to develop and finance innovative new projects for the city.”

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