The controversial Cork city flood defence proposals and the ambitious Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Study (CMATS) are to be reviewed by a new ‘climate action committee’ which is to be established by the city council. It follows the unanimous approval of a detailed motion proposed by the Green Party which came before the first full regular meeting of the new city council members on Monday night. Dan BoyleThe party’s council leader, Dan Boyle, welcomed the unanimous agreement of the motion and said he is already engaging with council officials on the mechanics of establishing the committee. It will be an independent standalone committee that will have a broad remit across all areas of council,” he said. It will also mean that all decisions that are made will be seen through the lens of climate and biodiversity, through the lens of the climate emergency, in order to ensure that we take the actions that are required.

Source: Irish Examiner June 11, 2019 13:18 UTC