Who Benefits from Clean Energy Investment? Redirecting Climate Capital to the Communities It Owes

Trillions in climate capital are being deployed, yet communities bearing the greatest fossil fuel burden remain peripheral to its benefits. This delegate-led session draws on frontline practice from two practitioners: Dana Redden of Solar Stewards, who has built tools that redirect renewable energy credit premiums directly to community partners, and A.J. Patton of 548 Enterprise, whose Chicago-based work merges real estate development, renewable energy, and economic empowerment in historically underserved communities. Their evidence grounds a working conversation: delegates surface what has moved capital, identify structural barriers, and leave with concrete commitments and a shared map forward.