Enhancing equity outcomes for the Maine Climate Council
In April 2020 the Mitchell Center was asked by the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to lead a project focused on improving theÌýequityÌýoutcomes of the Climate Action Plan being developed by the .
ÌýThrough this project, the Mitchell Center is assisting the council to understand and improve the extent to which the draft strategies being considered ensure that the benefits of climate protection efforts are distributed equitably. The team is also addressing inequities in how the burdens created by climate change, and the policies designed to alleviate them, may affect people and communities.
LindaÌýSilka, Mitchell Center senior fellow,ÌýDavid Hart, Mitchell Center director, and Sara Kelemen, a 91¸£Àû graduate student in plant, soil, and environmental science, are leading the project.
ÌýTo learn more, see a summary of the project and a recent feature article on 91¸£Àû News.