Achieving Equity With Community Choice Aggregation: Four Recommendations
IGS Blog | Community Choice Aggregation programs can help achieve energy justice, as long as they are structured to champion energy democracy and community benefits.
On-Demand Webinar: Enhancing Social Equity in City Climate Action & Sustainability Planning
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series
Climate of Crisis: How Cities Can Use Climate Action to Close the Equity Gap, Drive Economic Recovery, and Improve Public Health
The second of three reports to provide community leaders with guidance on navigating their climate action priorities. How can cities meet the challenges of accelerating climate action in ways that aid economic recovery and improve the foundation of public health in the wake of COVID-19 while enhancing the quality of life for socially vulnerable populations? […]
Energy of the Future Webinar Series
IGS Events | Energy of the Future series
NBC10 Boston | Adjusting to Climate Change: Closing the Climate Gap in Black Communities
Watch now: ISE Associate Director Cutler Cleveland joins NBC10 Boston meteorologist Chris Gloninger and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to discuss how we address social inequities further exacerbated by climate change, on both the local and national levels. Enlightened policies that address the across-the-board risk of Black Americans and other socially vulnerable populations to climate change can […]
COVID-19 Teaches Us Lessons About Air Pollution, Environmental Justice, and Climate Change
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic has highlighted some of the most pressing social and environmental issues in the modern world. One issue to rear its head is the impact of air pollution on human health. The WHO estimates that, in a typical year, air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths worldwide annually. Decades […]