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Suggested Citation:"BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE." 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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BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE

MARY GLACKIN (Chair), The Weather Company, an IBM Business

CYNTHIA S. ATHERTON, Heising-Simons Foundation

CECILIA BITZ, University of Washington

JOHN C. CHIANG, University of California

BRAD R. COLMAN, The Climate Corporation

BART E. CROES, California Air Resources Board

ROBERT B. DUNBAR, Stanford University

EFI FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU, University of California

PETER C. FRUMHOFF, Union of Concerned Scientists

VANDA GRUBIŠIC, National Center for Atmospheric Research

ROBERT KOPP, Rutgers University

RUBY LEUNG, Pacific North West National Laboratory and National Center for Atmospheric Research

ZHANQING LI, University of Maryland

JONATHAN MARTIN, University of Wisconsin-Madison

AMY MCGOVERN, Oklahoma State University

JONATHAN A. PATZ, University of Wisconsin-Madison

J. MARSHALL SHEPHERD, University of Georgia

ALLISON STEINER, University of Michigan

DAVID W. TITLEY, Pennsylvania State University

ARADHNA TRIPATI, University of California

DUANE E. WALISER, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ELKE U. WEBER, Princeton University

Staff:

AMANDA STAUDT, Senior Board Director

APURVA DAVE, Senior Program Officer

APRIL MELVIN, Senior Program Officer

AMANDA PURCELL, Senior Program Officer

STEVEN STICHTER, Senior Program Officer

ALEX REICH, Program Officer

RACHEL SILVERN, Program Officer

MORGAN DISBROW-MONZ, Associate Program Officer

BRIDGET MCGOVERN, Associate Program Officer

PATRICIA RAZAFINDRAMBININA, Associate Program Officer

RITA GASKINS, Administrative Coordinator

AMY MITSUMORI, Research Associate

ROB GREENWAY, Program Associate

KYLE ALDRIDGE, Program Assistant

LINDSAY MOLLER, Program Assistant

SABAH RANA, Program Assistant

Suggested Citation:"BOARD ON ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE." 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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