Around the world, social connection is increasingly recognized as essential to individual and collective well-being. Climate change and extreme weather can leave them even more isolated. Keeping social connection amid disastersAs global temperatures rise, driven in large part by the burning of fossil fuels, climate change increasingly affects daily life. Social connection is crucial, both for responding to extreme weather and for working together to help the entire community adapt to a changing climate. In an era of accelerating climate disruption, social connection may be a community’s greatest asset, and yet one of its most fragile resources to protect.