Recommendations for an NSF Convergence Accelerator Track on Community Science A Community Science Report of an NSF-funded Convergence Accelerator Workshop Facilitated by the American Geophysical Union

State-of-the-Science Data and Methods Need to Guide Place-Based Efforts to Reduce Air Pollution Inequity

“…58 We assert that collaboration by governments, scientists, and advocates will be critical to address key technical, governance, and ethical questions and challenges, including how to enable broad access and understanding of an increasingly complex data ecosystem, synthesize data from multiple sources into information useful to policymakers and community leaders, and ensure feedback mechanisms that incorporate local lived experience. Critically, this collaborative work must be grounded in the principles of environmental justice, 67 antiracism, 68 , 69 and community science, 70 including centering the priorities of impacted communities and ensuring that community representatives serve in decision-making roles. These efforts can build on work already underway, including the collaborative work of the community-based organization Comite Civico del Valle and government and academic partners to deploy the Imperial County Community Air Monitoring Network 71 and the activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team to advance the use of satellite data for environmental justice ( https://haqast.org/tiger-teams/ ), and can leverage new resources, including funding through the U.S. EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Cooperative Agreement Program ( https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-collaborative-problem-solving-cooperative-agreement-5 ), and the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers ( https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/environmental-justice-thriving-communities-technical-assistance-centers ).…”