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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Engaging Socially Vulnerable Communities and Communicating About Climate Change–Related Risks and Hazards. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26734.
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Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN)
SEPTEMBER
2022

Engaging Socially Vulnerable Communities and Communicating About Climate Change–Related Risks and Hazards

Authors Robyn S. Wilson1
Michael A. Méndez2
Edward Maibach3
Gabrielle Wong-Parodi4
This rapid expert consultation was produced through the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN), an activity of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
SEAN links researchers in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences with decision makers to respond to policy questions on pressing societal issues. This rapid expert consultation was produced in collaboration with the National Academies’ Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS) and Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC).
SEAN is interested in your feedback. Was this rapid expert consultation useful? For further inquiries regarding this rapid expert consultation or to send comments, contact sean@nas.edu or (202) 334-3440.

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1 Professor of Risk Analysis and Decision Science, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University.

2 Assistant Professor, School of Social Ecology, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine

3 Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University.

4 Assistant Professor, Earth System Science and Center Fellow, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Engaging Socially Vulnerable Communities and Communicating About Climate Change–Related Risks and Hazards. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26734.
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Extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change can compound existing vulnerabilities and inequities experienced by socially vulnerable people including pregnant people, children, low-income populations, Indigenous populations, immigrant groups, the elderly, people with disabilities, vulnerable occupation groups, communities of color, and people with preexisting or chronic medical conditions. Decision makers need to adopt strategies for engaging these communities on an ongoing basis to inform and empower individual decision making, identify and understand local concerns, and provide the necessary resources.

This rapid expert consultation highlights how decision makers can continuously engage with vulnerable communities, as well as communicate risk and promote adaptation in the face of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change. Implementing this guidance can help decision makers, researchers, and communities work collaboratively, linking analysis, deliberation, and program design to best adapt to climate change-related hazards and risks.

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