Equity Metrics for Low-Carbon Energy Transitions
Energy transition policies, if not carefully implemented, can create or exacerbate inequities, particularly affecting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), low-income, and other frontline communities. While there is broad recognition that equity and justice are critical to the transition, a lack of metrics for evaluating outcomes hampers effective policymaking. To address this, we’ve constructed an analytical framework to evaluate justice and equity impacts of energy transitions.
Energy Equity Evaluation Framework
This framework provides policymakers and other stakeholders an opportunity to quantitatively evaluate the equity and justice impacts of programs, policies, and other initiatives related to the clean energy transition. In the framework, equity outcomes are categorized into three dimensions: health, access, and livelihood. Each dimension is further categorized into specific indicators and each indicator can be measured using various metrics. Metrics provided on this website were compiled from an extensive literature review, but are not all-inclusive. Explore equity and justice indicators, metrics, and examples for four key low-carbon energy transitions by clicking on the links below.
The framework and metrics are from Kime, S., Jacome, V., Pellow, D., & Deshmukh, R. (2023). Evaluating equity and justice in low-carbon energy transitions. Environmental Research Letters, 18(12), 123003.
Explore Metrics for Key Low-Carbon Energy Transitions
We applied our energy equity evaluation framework to four key low-carbon energy transitions. Click on the links below to explore indicators, metrics, measurements, and examples for these energy transitions.
