Many local governments are incorporating principles of equity, environmental justice, and social vulnerability into their climate adaptation planning. This section highlights some tools for addressing social vulnerability, engaging overburdened communities, and incorporating equity principles into planning and implementation, with a focus on green infrastructure.
Image Credit: Jessica Grannis, Georgetown Climate Center. Green infrastructure in Washington D.C.'s Ward 7, one of the areas of the city facing disproportionate risks from climate impacts relative to other parts of the District due to physical and socioeconomic factors.
This section highlights city and regional plans that center equity and green infrastructure and community-driven plans with a focus on green infrastructure. It also includes tools that planners can use to help them consider socioeconomic and other risk factors in green infrastructure planning.
This section highlights how policymakers can design green infrastructure programs to prioritize environmental justice communities facing disproportionate climate-risk and pollution burden and resources that can be used to help fund projects in disadvantaged communities.
