Small island states are among the most vulnerable to climate change, but there’s surprisingly scant research revealing what such residents think about these threats, says Parrish Bergquist, assistant professor of political science in the School of Arts & Sciences. “This segment of the population is pivotal to global conversations around climate change. Their leaders are front and center when these discussions happen, but we know so little about what members of the public in these places think and feel.” Read more within Penn Today about the climate impacts of people living on small islands and territories.