Working Together; A Landscape Analysis to Inform Practical, Innovative and Beneficial Use of NASA Earth Science Data to Advance Equity and Environmental Justice in the Gulf South Region

This Landscape Analysis intends to inform longer-term NASA Earth Science Division equity and environmental justice (EEJ) efforts and Applied Sciences Program’s EEJ-oriented application activities. A context analysis summarizes relevant background and trends in EJ activism and scholarship, EJ policy development, hazards of the Gulf South in relation to climate change, open community-engaged science, NASA data, and NASA EEJ initiatives. Impact case studies of EJ networks’ Communiversity action research and results of participatory EJ network convenings are presented in synthetic findings of 1) EJ priorities and 2) strategic NASA Earth science engagement opportunities.