A NEW way of recording climate change impacts is to be developed in Donegal.
Funding of €12,800 has been awarded today to the Donegal County Council-led project.
The project seeks to develop a digital way of collecting oral and visual accounts of climate changes and impacts at a local level.
It aims to collect information, stories and images of climate change observed and experienced by the older generation.
The project is being supported by the government’s Our Rural Future Digital Innovation Programme.
The initial focus of the project is on providing the older generation with an opportunity and facility to share their experience of climate change in their locality. It is envisaged that members of the Public Participation Network and Youth Council will promote the digital solution, assisting the older generation in recording their stories, if needed, and ultimately starting the conversation of climate change in their local area.
The information collected from this project will assist in delivering actions identified in the Donegal Climate Adaptation Strategy. It will provide a historical record of local impacts, and establish a database that can be used to measure future impacts, address behavioural changes and engage all members of local communities in the climate conversation and solutions.
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys T.D. today announced €1.2million in funding for 20 projects that provide a public benefit and support regional digital development.
Speaking today, Minister Humphreys said: “People who live in rural Ireland are nothing if not innovative. In recent years we have seen drones delivering medicine to our Island communities. This small scheme is all about giving rural communities the opportunity to trial new technologies which will solve local problems. If it works for one community, it can work for others and we can then look at replicating these models in other areas.
“I look forward to seeing these projects delivering clear benefits to rural communities over the coming months.”
