Local Government Commission

Embedding Equity in Adaptation ($50,000)

Recipient: Local Government Commission

Project Partners: Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation, Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network, Central Coast Climate Collaborative, Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action, North Coast Resource Partnership, San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative, Sierra Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Partnership 

As central as equity is to creating resilient communities, calls for the prioritization of equity in adaptation processes and projects remain largely unanswered. Deliberate action must be taken to address the deeply entrenched challenges that have hindered meaningful progress – from capacity and resource constraints to all forms and expressions of systemic racism in the adaptation field. Embedding Equity in Adaptation seeks to mitigate these challenges by leveraging the Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA) to set in motion an accelerated cycle of learning, institutionalizing, and implementing equity principles and practices. ARCCA will leverage existing resources and work with regional climate collaboratives to build equity awareness, expertise, and capacity among adaptation practitioners; integrate equity into governance structures and the Adaptation Capability Advancement Toolkit; and provide technical assistance to support the local implementation of replicable strategies.