Funding rules that promote equity in climate adaptation outcomes DOI Creative Commons
Adam Pollack, Sara Santamaria-Aguilar, Pravin Maduwantha

и другие.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 122(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Many climate policies adopt improving equity as a key objective. A challenge is that often conceive of in terms individuals but introduce strategies focus on spatially coarse administrative areas. For example, the Justice40 Initiative United States requires 518 diverse federal programs to prioritize funds for “disadvantaged” census tracts. This strategy largely untested and contrasts with government’s definition “consistent systematic fair, just impartial treatment all (Executive Office President, Federal Register, 2021).” How well does approach improve adaptation outcomes across ? We analyze this question using case study municipality faces repetitive flooding struggles effectively manage these risks due limited resources public investment. find way Emergency Management Agency implements can be an obstacle promoting household flood-risk outcomes. study, ensuring majority benefits accrue “Justice40 Communities” not reduce risk most burdened households, risk-burden inequality, produces net costs. In contrast, we design simple funding rules based burden cost-effectively target large benefits. Our findings suggest “disadvantaged community” indicators defined at spatial scales face poorly capturing many ineffective meeting promises about climate-related investments.

Язык: Английский

Funding rules that promote equity in climate adaptation outcomes DOI Creative Commons
Adam Pollack, Sara Santamaria-Aguilar, Pravin Maduwantha

и другие.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 122(2)

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Many climate policies adopt improving equity as a key objective. A challenge is that often conceive of in terms individuals but introduce strategies focus on spatially coarse administrative areas. For example, the Justice40 Initiative United States requires 518 diverse federal programs to prioritize funds for “disadvantaged” census tracts. This strategy largely untested and contrasts with government’s definition “consistent systematic fair, just impartial treatment all (Executive Office President, Federal Register, 2021).” How well does approach improve adaptation outcomes across ? We analyze this question using case study municipality faces repetitive flooding struggles effectively manage these risks due limited resources public investment. find way Emergency Management Agency implements can be an obstacle promoting household flood-risk outcomes. study, ensuring majority benefits accrue “Justice40 Communities” not reduce risk most burdened households, risk-burden inequality, produces net costs. In contrast, we design simple funding rules based burden cost-effectively target large benefits. Our findings suggest “disadvantaged community” indicators defined at spatial scales face poorly capturing many ineffective meeting promises about climate-related investments.

Язык: Английский

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