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REPORT
Just transition and safeguards framework
Report produced by EDF provides guidelines for developing strategies, plans, measures and metrics that will ensure a fair and equitable transition towards cleaner energy sources. It also provides guidance on how to measure whether activities uphold decarbonization benefits, environmental rights and the interests of impacted stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. -
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Practical pathways for port decarbonization and environmental justice (PDF)
EDF provides a guide for ports and their partners in the United States to set, plan, implement and achieve their decarbonization goals.More on:
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BLOG POST
Opportunities to support equitable and just housing adaptation in the floodplain
Environmental Defense Fund andCornell University partnered this past year to better understand the programs that support proactive retrofitting or relocating to accommodate flood risk for a range of housing types in New York City. We are sharing our preliminary takeaways about opportunities to close the resilient housing gap. The post Opportunities to support equitable and just housing adaptation in the floodplain first appeared on Growing Returns.More on:
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BLOG POST
Hispanic Heritage Month: meet local leaders helping communities address key water issues
As Hispanic Heritage Month ends, we celebrate our Hispanic Water Leadership Institute alumni making a difference in their communities. Nearly 20% of the United States identifies as Hispanic. The largest minority group in the country is also the largest group disproportionately impacted by contaminated groundwater. This is due to a lack of resources and widespread […] The post Hispanic Heritage Month: meet local leaders helping communities address key water issues first appeared on On the Water Front.More on:
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BLOG POST
A tale of two neighborhoods: How climate change affects communities differently
As the effects of climate change continue to unfold, all communities across the U.S. will face a wider range of risks. However, some communities will be more affected by those risks due to greater exposure and limited ability to recover from their effects. For two neighboring communities in Detroit, the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index, a […]More on:
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WEBSITE
Community Voices in Energy
Website from EDF and Blacks in Green helps people around the country get involved in decisions about energy for their communities. -
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How EDF’s new, groundbreaking EJ mapping tool can drive equitable policies and investment
Last Monday, Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University unveiled the Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI), a robust, data-driven mapping tool built to highlight how drivers of cumulative vulnerability and exposure to climate impacts disadvantage communities across the U.S. Combining 184 sets of data, or “indicators,” to rank more than 70,000 U.S. Census tracts, the CVI […]More on:
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BLOG POST
New tool equips community voices to spur a just energy transition
Our new website, Community Voices in Energy — a collaboration with Chicago-based Blacks in Green — equips frontline communities to participate as experts in climate and energy proceedings and influence energy investments. By ensuring that community members are able to share their direct experience on the record in public utility commission hearings, the site helps […]More on:
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WEBSITE
The U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index
Pulling in 184 sets of data to rank more than 70,000 U.S. Census tracts, the U.S. Climate Vulnerability Index helps you see which communities face the greatest challenges from the impacts of a changing climate.More on:
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BLOG POST
New report aims to help Massachusetts put the “public” back in public utilities
EDF contributed to a new report detailing specific ways to make sure that energy regulatory decision-making processes in Massachusetts are more inclusive and equitable.More on:
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BLOG POST
Five recommendations for integrating equity into benefit-cost analysis for flood risk management
EDF held a workshop where experts provided guidance on how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), a federal agency that works on flood risk management, can integrate equity into their benefit-cost analyses. Here are their top five recommendations.More on:
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REPORT
Shining a Light on Warehouse Truck Air Pollution (PDF)
EDF paper demonstrates who is at risk from diesel trucks serving warehouses, summarizes the new science about health impacts from air pollution generated by these trucks, and points to solutions that can protect community health.More on:
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BLOG POST
Forest climate finance must be more equitable to support Indigenous Peoples and local communities
This post was co-authored by Julia Paltseva, Senior Analyst at EDF, and Tuntiak Katan from the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA). For more resources on high forest, low deforestation (HFLD) crediting, visit edf.org/hfld. This post has also been translated into Spanish and French (leer en español, lire en français). Forests […]More on:
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BLOG POST
Health data needs to inform targeted environmental justice initiatives
Key Findings and Recommendations Air pollution results in a large burden of childhood asthma across the country, and this burden is disproportionately borne by people of color. More than $100 million in grants from the Environmental Protection Agency is available for environmental justice initiatives, but targeting programs to alleviate the health impacts of air pollution to […] The post Health data needs to inform targeted environmental justice initiatives first appeared on Deep Dives: Environmental Health Policy.More on:
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BLOG POST
Understanding how communities are vulnerable to climate change is key to improving equity and justice
Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University published a new study that found all states in the U.S. are at risk from the effects of climate change, particularly neighborhoods experiencing disproportionate environmental harms and risks, health disparities and infrastructure problems.More on:
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BLOG POST
'Nothing about us without us': The case of JREDD+ in Colombia
This blog was authored by Environmental Defense Fund economist Luis Fernández Intriago and Universidad de Los Andes professors Jorge García López and Julián Gómez Gil. The saying “Nothing about us without us” is widely used among Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to emphasize the importance of involving them in policies that govern their territories and […]More on:
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BLOG POST
A New Pilot Launches to Support Equitable Flood Recovery in NYC
This blog was authored by Environmental Defense Fund economist, Carolyn Kousky. Facing $150 billion annually in direct costs from climate-related disasters, the current system of disaster recovery in the U.S. is failing many families and communities. Most households struggle with timely access to sufficient financial support for the wide-ranging expenses disasters impose. And without adequate […]More on:
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ARTICLE
Deep inside the Amazon, Indigenous leaders are fighting for our planet's future
The entire northeast corner of Ecuador was once inhabited by the A’i Cofán people, but the population has dwindled as the land has been fragmented by development. Protecting their land is a constant, sometimes dangerous, struggle. But there may be a glimmer of hope in the form of the largest-ever public-private partnership that invests in protecting the forest.More on:
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BLOG POST
Clean Beauty Justice Roadmap
EDF’s Clean Beauty Justice Roadmap is a step-by-step guide that companies can use to develop chemical policies that ensure that everybody has access to safer products.More on:
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ANALYSIS
Characterizing vulnerabilities to climate change across the United States
Study co-authored by EDF scientists identified and integrated available public health, social, economic, environmental, and climate data in the United States to develop a Climate Vulnerability Index composed of four baseline vulnerabilities (health, social/economic, infrastructure, and environment) and three climate change risks (health, social/economic, extreme events).More on:
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BLOG POST
Economic Resilience to Climate Impacts Requires Making Disaster Insurance More Inclusive in the US
This blog was authored by Environmental Defense Fund economists Karina French and Carolyn Kousky. See their report: Inclusive Insurance for Climate-Related Disasters: A U.S. Roadmap. Over the past year, the U.S. has seen yet again how climate-driven disasters threaten lives and livelihoods, from the devastating hurricanes, Ian and Fiona, in Florida and Puerto Rico […]More on:
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PODCAST
How Heather McTeer Toney is redefining climate action for the next generation of leaders
Heather McTeer Toney is leading a movement to make sure that the millions of green jobs of the future go to everyone. After you listen to this episode of EDF's Degrees, you’ll see opportunities you never imagined.More on: