This paper explores stakeholder perspectives on the drought discourse in the UK, where climate change is predicted to increase drought risk. This study took a co-productive, mixed-methods approach to investigate drought risk communication issues through repeated engagements with local advisory groups in seven catchments across Britain and a national stakeholder competency group. These data were enriched by in-depth interviews with 17 statutory and non-statutory stakeholders working in a variety of capacities from water supply to habitat management. Codes were divided into contextual factors (cultural or drought specific factors) and individual factors (individual attributes relating to the person receiving the communication or factors within the control of communicators). The paper considers the implications of these contextual and personal factors for approaches to, and the framing of, drought risk communication (DRC). We conclude by proposing a framework for thinking about DRC in maritime climates where drought risk may not be readily perceived by some publics. This framework explores the role of heuristics in risk perception, and proposes a way of conceptualising publics that may more readily engage with DRC. In proposing the framework, we seek to stimulate new ways of thinking about DRC.

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沟通隐藏的：迈向海洋气候中干旱风险沟通的框架

本文探讨了利益相关者对英国干旱话语的看法，预计气候变化会增加干旱风险。本研究通过与英国七个流域的当地咨询小组和国家利益相关者能力小组的反复接触，采用了一种联产、混合方法来调查干旱风险沟通问题。通过对 17 个法定和非法定利益相关者的深入访谈，这些数据得到了丰富，这些利益相关者在从供水到栖息地管理的各种能力中工作。代码分为背景因素（文化或干旱特定因素）和个人因素（与接收通信的人相关的个人属性或通信者控制范围内的因素）。本文考虑了这些背景和个人因素对干旱风险交流 (DRC) 的方法和框架的影响。最后，我们提出了一个框架，用于在海洋气候中思考 DRC，其中一些公众可能不容易察觉干旱风险。该框架探讨了启发式在风险感知中的作用，并提出了一种将公众概念化的方法，使公众更容易参与 DRC。在提出该框架时，我们寻求激发有关 DRC 的新思维方式。并提出了一种将公众概念化的方法，使他们更容易与 DRC 接触。在提出该框架时，我们寻求激发有关 DRC 的新思维方式。并提出了一种将公众概念化的方法，使他们更容易与 DRC 接触。在提出该框架时，我们寻求激发有关 DRC 的新思维方式。