Measuring Equity in Climate Solutions

Drawdown Georgia’s Climate Solution dashboard’s objective is to provide accessible and understandable information to the public about the state's climate progress details. Disadvantaged communities face higher energy burdens on average, and climate solutions like heat pumps and solar provide an opportunity to mitigate this issue. Focusing on including equity for climate solutions in the dashboard allows for a more comprehensive analysis of the adoption of solutions across the state. The Gini Coefficient is frequently used to assess income equity and to create cohesive measurements for Drawdown Georgia climate solutions. The cumulative amount of heat pumps and households across the state creates a Lorenz curve. The following results show some inequity in heat pump adoption across the state. The research informs the hypothesis that the underlying cause for such inequity could be natural gas access, particularly in urban areas that encourage the use of gas heating and not heat pumps.