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Reducing Energy Burdens on Marginalized Communities
How can the clean energy transition be structured to promote the wellbeing of those communities with the highest energy burdens? Studies have shown that communities of color and low-income families pay a significantly higher share of their income on energy. Often, the transition to clean energy fails to promote better outcomes for marginalized/low-income individuals because energy […]
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Democratic Participation Towards Clean Energy
Across the world, and throughout the United States, communities are grappling with the growing fallout of climate induced disasters and ecological change. In trying to combat these issues, popular input and buy-in are essential. Many marginalized communities have been, both explicitly and implicitly, excluded from policy discussions surrounding climate reforms. And yet, because of the […]
International Climate Finance
Innovative financial tools are needed to allow communities to access financing to enable their adaptive and resilience strategies. International climate finance thus far has been centered on increasing renewable energy generation in the South. However, this has done little to address the existing and still growing operation of dirty fossil-powered plants. Communities need to be […]
