We support Objective 3.17, and believe that this should be further evolved to inlcude community gardens and production of local food.
3.24 We must fully support our education insitutes. Where expansion of these facilites is required, an emphasis on renovation of old or derilict buildings should be made.
Access to education is also important. We must ensure that the price of education and housing no longer deters young people from entering education. There is currently a housing crisis, and Irish students pay the highest fees in Europe. We must support our students, as they are the generation who will feel the brunt of the climate crisis, and will have to be the most adaptable generation to date. Provision of affordable and social accomadation for students, provision of free public transport, and financial supports for students should all be a priority in the development of the city.
Objective 3.25 supports the designation of Cork as a WHO Healthy City. We must acknowledge the role that air quality plays in health, as well as access to green spaces. Massively increasing the uptake of active travel will have the double benefit of increasingg general health in the population, but also improving air quality.
Provision of social spaces and social housing, financial aids for students, a focus on air quality and improving the health of the population.
The younger generations are going to feel the worst effects of climate change, and must be adequately supported.