Dublin and Cork are among 100 cities chosen by the European Commission to participate in a major new project aimed at climate neutrality by the end of the decade.
The two Irish cities were chosen out of 377 across the continent as to become "climate-neutral by 2050" as part of the Cities Mission.
The Cities Mission is an EU objective that wants 100 guinea pig cities to implement climate neutral plans in the likes of energy, buildings, waste, and transport by 2030, so the trial and error involved can be used to make all cities in the 27-member bloc climate neutral by 2050.