These residents are more likely to live in flood zones, be displaced by climate-related catastrophes, breathe more polluted air, and spend a bigger portion of their paychecks on air-conditioning and heat. Presented by SiemensUSA.
To help abate this, local public officials, nonprofits, and private companies are working to make buildings less reliant on fossil fuels, create more affordable housing in the city's center, reduce carbon emissions, and alleviate food insecurity.
In areas of East Austin, residents who live along floodplains have been bombarded by disastrous flooding over the past 10 years, Carmen Llanes, the executive director of GAVA, a community coalition that represents ZIP codes in East Austin, told Insider. Under the climate-equity plan, millions from the city's coffers will be spent building more resilient infrastructure in these communities. That, in turn, will allow all parts of the city to prepare for more hot days and flash floods ahead as the climate crisis worsens.
"People at lower income levels spend a greater proportion of their income on their utilities," Ellis said."The greatest way to reduce utility spending is energy efficiency.
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