Learn about different types of burdens and how to avoid them when implementing a climate program.
Administering agencies that administer California Climate Investments programs must consider and avoid potential substantial burdens or harms throughout program design and project selection. Click the different burden types below to view examples of how projects may unintentionally impact a region, community, household, culture, or environment. This page is intended to support agencies as they explore and implement the Supplemental Guidance to Avoid Substantial Burdens or Harms to Priority Populations.
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Where did we gather this information?
Many of these examples are compiled from strategies that administering agencies have implemented or strategies that have been suggested through community engagement. Some of these strategies can be implemented immediately while others may require training, research, or external support. Administering agencies can use this table after identifying potential burdens to help generate ideas for developing strategies to avoid the identified burdens in program design and project selection.