Decades of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens have set Ireland on a path to climate failure. In the same way that housing and health won’t be fixed by them, neither will the climate crisis.

Eco-austerity and punitive policies only serve to build resistance and fear amongst ordinary people.

The transition to net zero cannot be a disproportionate burden on the less well-off. At the heart of Sinn Féin’s vision is a just transition in which no one is left behind.

The effort to decarbonise our economy and society is not a problem to overcome.  It is a huge opportunity to right the wrongs of the past, to take corrective action, to fundamentally reorient our economy and our country, and crucially, to develop a united and energy independent Ireland.

Our vision for Dublin includes:

• An alternative vision for renewable energy through increased public, community and domestic ownership ensuring that ordinary Dubs feel the benefit in their pocket.

• Empowering communities in climate action by increasing democratic participation and engagement.

• Support for new community wealth building initiatives and a community wealth building unit in each of the four local authorities.

• Making retrofitting accessible and affordable with a fairer retrofitting plan.

• A new fund for urban parks, green areas and woodlands across the city and county, with more public seating based on universal design in all areas of the public realm.

• A truly just transition including the establishment of a just transition commission.

• A plan to tackle Dublin’s high electricity prices, some of the highest in the EU.

• A restriction on LED Billboards to reduce demand and over-consumption.

• A moratorium on data centres in Dublin to make sure the lights don’t go out.

• Bringing waste collection services back under the control of local Councils.