54 Develop a programme to enhance capacity to respond to and recover from extreme weather events with specific aims to: • Help the vulnerable community to develop a stronger facilitating role for mitigating risks • provide advice on the risk of extreme events affecting their locality • Devise adaptation actions to enhance preparedness and reduce dependency on Local Authority emergency responses • Provide support to develop appropriate resilience arrangements to enable response and recovery Climate Action Steering Group Economic Development, Enterprise & Tourism Civil Defence Libraries Section Gardaí HSE Fire Services ✗ Medium

55 Develop public awareness campaigns to increase knowledge of and encourage behavioural change around climate change and severe weather events. Climate Action Steering Group Environment Economic Development, Enterprise & Tourism Corporate Services Libraries Section MET Eireann ✗ Short