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Social Cohesion: Building Equitable Climate Resilience

Explore how social cohesion can be leveraged as a tool to promote resilience before, during, and after extreme weather events, fostering partnerships among NGOs, governments, and community organizations.

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Social Cohesion: Building Equitable Climate Resilience

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  1. Jasmin Moore • Sustainability Program Manager • Johnson County, Kansas

  2. Researchers: • Christopher J. Anderson Assistant Director, Iowa State University Climate Science Program • Jennifer Gooden Environmental and Sustainability Consultant State Climatologists: • Patrick E. Guinan Missouri State Climatologist, University of Missouri • Mary Knapp Service Climatologist, Kansas State University • Gary McManus Oklahoma State Climatologist, Oklahoma Climatological Survey • Martha D. Shulski Director, High Plains Climate Center, University of Nebraska Sustainability Directors: • Brenda Nations, Iowa City, IA • Barbara Buffaloe, Columbia, MO • Milo Mumgaard, Lincoln, NE • Eileen Horn, Lawrence, KS • T.O. Bowman, Oklahoma City, OK

  3. Projected Changes in Hazardous Events:

  4. Social Cohesion: The Secret Weapon in the Fight for Equitable Climate Resilience Social Cohesion as a resilience tool: • before extreme weather events, by helping identify vulnerable communities and forging partnerships among NGOs, municipal governments, and community organizations;  • during extreme weather events, by filling gaps in the absence of government support; and  • after extreme weather events, by maximizing resources through collective action (such as coordinated buyouts).

  5. Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards, County Comparison within the State, 2010-2014

  6. Jasmin Moore Jasmin.moore@jocogov.org

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