Climate impacts land hardest on the people with the least room to absorb them, and plans that ignore that tend to lose public trust. These guides cover embedding equity in local resilience planning, participatory frameworks, measures of community well-being and finance for underserved communities.
Guides for your organization
Each of these comes in versions written for different kinds of organization.
Embed Equity in Local Resilience Planning
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- How Microfinance Supports Underserved CommunitiesMicrofinance empowers underserved communities by providing essential financial services, fostering entrepreneurship, and promoting economic stability.
- Justice in Sustainability: Lessons from StakeholdersHow distributional, procedural, and recognitional justice—early engagement, data, and enforceable reviews—make sustainability fair.
- Local Government Equity Accountability ChecklistEquity accountability must be a management system with named owners, disaggregated data, budget links, and resident power.
- Measuring community well‑being and social equityTools and indicators to assess community well‑being and social equity across health, education, housing, environment, and civic engagement—combining data and community input.
- Participatory Frameworks: Equity and EthicsExplore participatory frameworks that emphasize equity and ethics in community engagement, addressing health disparities and ensuring marginalized voices are heard.
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