b'The official signing of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy in September 2019. In the photo is Cathaoirleach of Kildare County Council Suzanne Doyle, Chief Executive Peter Carey, Director of Services for Water Services and Environment Joe Boland, Regional Coordinator of the Eastern & Midlands CARO Alan Dunney, Chair of the Environmental Services and Water SPC Cllr Vincent P. Martin and children from the No Planet B group.It provides the statutory basis for the national 1.7.4 Local Leveltransition objective laid out in the National Policy Declaring a Climate and Biodiversity EmergencyPosition (as per above). Further to this, it madeprovision for and gives statutory authority to both theOn June 2019 the elected members of Kildare County National Mitigation Plan (NMP), published in 2017 Council resolved a motion, with the agreement of all and the National Adaptation Framework (NAF) members to declare a climate and biodiversitypublished in 2018. This Local Adaptation Strategyemergency. The members, in doing so, showed their forms part of the National Adaptation Framework. commitment to taking action on climate changeincluding reducing the risks of climate changeThe Local Authority Adaptation Strategy impacts on council operations and services,Development Guidelines 2018 provide guidance topromoting and ensuring biodiversity throughout the Local Authorities to develop their own Climate Changecounty, as well as mitigating against the causes of Action Adaptation Strategy. In developing this climate change. This follows the decision by theadaptation strategy Kildare County Council has beenIrish government and opposition parties toconsistent with these guidelines.declare a climate and biodiversity emergency,becoming only the second country in theworld to do so.15'