Strategic Goal 6: Achieve a 'Just Transition' particulary for Communities that may be Economically Disadvantaged by Decarbonising Projects. This goal will ensure that local authorities are active in enabling a 'just transition' and protecting the health and well being of communities across Ireland. Key Objectives Identify sectors and communities vulnerable to the regressive effects of climate change and/or the impacts of climate policy. Identify and implement measures to support these sectors and communities. Ensure that actions for decarbonisation, adaptation and climate resilience are designed to improve the health and wellbeing of all. Address fuel poverty through the retrofitting of social homes owned by local authorities to create spaces that are warmer, more heat and energy efficient and healthier places to live. Local authorities have a duty of care for all people living or working within their administrative areas. In many cases it is disadvantaged communities that are most vulnerable from the physical and economic impacts of climate change. The 'Just Transition' is an essential element of climate action and the transition to a low carbon and climate resilient Ireland. It means we need to ensure that climate action also takes into account social priorities, such as distributional effects and the ways in which decisions are made. Local authorities are active in enabling a ‘Just Transition’ and protecting the health and wellbeing of communities across Ireland. They already provide a range of socio-economic and community development services and are well placed to enable and support a just transition, identifying ways and means to ameliorate the regressive effects of climate change and climate policy. Local Authorities are well placed to: Identify and engage with sectors and communities vulnerable to the regressive effects of climate change. and/or the impacts of climate policy. Identify and implement measures to support these sectors and communities. Address fuel poverty in social housing. Ensure that climate actions are designed to improve the health and wellbeing of all. Visit our Case Studies to see examples of how local authorities achieve a ‘Just Transition’ particularly for communities that may be economically disadvantaged by decarbonising projects