The urgency of climate change is now recognized globally. As humanity confronts the critical need to mitigate climate change and foster sustainability, data visualization emerges as a powerful tool with a unique capacity to communicate insights crucial for understanding environmental complexities. This paper explores the critical need for designing and investigating responsible data visualization that can act as a catalyst for engaging communities within global climate action and sustainability efforts. Grounded in prior work and reflecting on a decade of community engagement research, I propose five critical considerations: (1) inclusive and accessible visualizations for enhancing climate education and communication, (2) interactive visualizations for fostering agency and deepening engagement, (3) in-situ visualizations for reducing spatial indirection, (4) shared immersive experiences for catalyzing collective action, and (5) accurate, transparent, and credible visualizations for ensuring trust and integrity. These considerations offer strategies and new directions for visualization research, aiming to enhance community engagement, deepen involvement, and foster collective action on critical socio-technical including and beyond climate change.

翻译：全球现已认识到气候变化的紧迫性。当人类面临减缓气候变化和促进可持续发展的关键需求时，数据可视化作为一种强大的工具脱颖而出，其独特能力在于传达对理解环境复杂性至关重要的见解。本文探讨了设计和研究负责任的数据可视化的关键必要性，此类可视化可作为在全球气候行动和可持续发展努力中吸引社区参与的催化剂。基于先前的工作并反思十年的社区参与研究，我提出了五个关键考量因素：(1) 包容且易于访问的可视化，以加强气候教育与传播；(2) 交互式可视化，以培养能动性并深化参与；(3) 原位可视化，以减少空间间接性；(4) 共享沉浸式体验，以促进集体行动；(5) 准确、透明且可信的可视化，以确保信任与诚信。这些考量为可视化研究提供了策略和新方向，旨在增强社区参与、深化介入，并促进针对气候变化及其他关键社会技术问题的集体行动。