The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment is publishing a draft Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Tourism Sector 2025-2030 for a period of statutory public consultation, in accordance with the provisions of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Acts 2015 to 2021.
This is Ireland’s first Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Tourism Sector, which aims to identify challenges and opportunities of a changing climate for the tourism sector in order to maintain the attractiveness of Ireland for holidaymakers and continue to support resilient communities via provision of employment and economic opportunities.
Ireland has recently experienced a number of high-profile extreme weather events that have underscored the need for effective climate adaptation measures to build resilience to the impacts of climate change.
THREE GOALS
Implementation of such a plan will prioritise reducing the consequences for the sector of the climate related hazards identified by the National Climate Change Risk Assessment. The draft Plan for the Tourism Sector sets out three goals for the next five years, as follows:
Goal 1: Increase the tourism sector’s understanding of the relationship between climatic variables and the tourism sector in Ireland, to improve the ability to address the impacts of climate change on the sector.
Goal 2: Build a shared awareness of climate change and its impacts, and necessary steps to develop resilience across the tourism sector in Ireland, particularly amongst tourism-dependent communities.
Goal 3: Build resilience to reduce the consequences of the most significant climate risks faced by the tourism sector.
The plan contains a number of actions to achieve the goals which will be overseen by the Department or the tourism agencies.
The Sectoral Adaptation Plan’s development is guided by the Government’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets the objective of transitioning to a climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050.
LAST SUBMISSIONS SEPTEMBER 17TH
The draft Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Tourism Sector 2025-2030 is available at https://enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultations/
Interested parties are invited to make written submissions on the draft Plan to TourismPolicy@enterprise.gov.ie or by post to: Tourism Policy Unit, Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Government Buildings, New Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, V93 A49X.
The public consultation, which commenced on Friday, 29th August runs until Wednesday, 17th September. Submissions or observations received outside of the public consultation period cannot be considered.
