Priority Area: Meaningful Engagement and Community-driven Decisions
Barrier: Representation and Inclusion

Challenge/Local/State

Description

Local Solution
(Type of Activity: Policy/Planning/Land Use )

Establish ongoing community advisory structures at local and regional levels. Create sustained boards and councils that ensure continuous input—especially from underrepresented communities—into climate and energy decisions, allowing community voices to guide policies beyond one-time engagement.

Existing Examples of Progress: Fifth Climate Change Assessment – Inland Deserts Region: A model for participatory engagement that combines scientific research with locally led advisory groups and storytelling events to center lived experience
Region: San Francisco Bay Area, Inland Deserts

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