Climate equity involves ensuring the just distribution of the benefits of climate protection efforts and alleviating unequal burdens created by climate change. It means working to balance access to key resources, while protecting under-resourced communities and populations from environmental hazards, regardless of race, income, or other characteristics.
HARC is committed to collaborating with businesses and government, and engaging in dialogue and collaboration with community leaders and members to help them participate in government decision-making, and gain access to government funding to develop and implement effective solutions to address climate equity, with a focus in the energy and water sectors. Our Climate Equity and Community Resilience program informs and supports co-development and implementation of climate equity and resilience initiatives in underserved communities.
As billions of dollars are being invested into new clean energy hubs to decarbonize the industrial sector, we must also build up the connective social infrastructure and support systems to ensure that the benefits of those investments flow to the disadvantaged communities most affected by climate change.
Our Community Benefits Hub framework aims to:
To learn more about HARC’s Community Benefits Hubs, click here.
For more information about HARC’ s Climate Equity and Community Resilience program, click here.
