From quantifying, tabulating and further refining a roadmap to achieving both the mandated CO2 Emissions reductions target and Energy Efficiency improvement target, it is clear that the achievement of those targets remains a significant challenge for City of Dublin ETB. The challenges remain multi-fold and are not unique to City of Dublin ETB and are widely acknowledged across both the public and private sectors.

City of Dublin ETB is not a self funded organisation. The capital investments required to achieve the mandated targets will be substantial and these investments will need to be strategically considered and directed.

City of Dublin ETB will continue to work with our partner stakeholders to both, refine and share available data and progress and develop a long term estate strategy that aligns with our mission to be world leaders in education, within the constraints of a “carbon constrained environment”.

The objectives of this 2^{nd} iteration of City of Dublin ETB's Climate Action Roadmap remain broadly identical to those of our first Roadmap.

The first objective is to continue to fulfil an obligation to our stakeholders to set out a clear roadmap within which the objectives of the Public Sector Climate Action Mandate (PSCAM) will be further embedded across our organisation.

The second objective remains to clearly quantify for our own organisation the implications of the two specific numerical targets that are set out in the mandate relating to both Carbon Emissions and Energy Efficiency. The targets are numerical and it only in the context a clear quantification of the implication those numbers that a map and to achieving those targets, and the resulting challenges can be fully understood.

Those challenges continue to direct a particular focus on the quantified and ambitious Energy management numbers that could potentially map almost 30% of the road that needs to be travelled.

City of Dublin ETB are resourcing the Training, Green Teams and Structures that will be required to deliver those “energy management”. Important, though modest, new devolved “green” funding streams have become available that will assist in resourcing that ambition. External industry resources have also become available that will further assist in the task.

It is intended that this in-house Energy Management program will be the foundation for the strategic decisions and investments that will be required over the coming years.