In this article, we address the social vulnerability of people to climate mitigation policies and contribute to assessing the social impacts of climate policies by introducing a matrix tool for conducting vulnerability assessments and participatory climate policy planning. The matrix serves as a methodological tool for identifying social groups in their social spaces. First, we lay the foundation for the matrix by linking social vulnerability to equality and justice, demonstrating the importance of addressing social vulnerability in climate policy design and research. Next, we introduce the ways in which social vulnerability has been addressed in the integration of social and climate policy dimensions in the Nordic welfare states that also serve as the test bed for our contribution. We then establish a methodological tool for assessing and discussing social vulnerability to climate policies, especially with relation to policy impacts on equal opportunities for well-being, and fostering participation in policy planning; a vulnerability matrix. The matrix is flexible, and adjustable to different policy contexts and governance levels. We demonstrate matrix use in the Nordic context, reflect on its potential uses and discuss the benefits and limitations of the matrix as a tool for addressing social vulnerability to climate policies.

在本文中，我们解决了人们对气候减缓政策的社会脆弱性，并通过引入用于进行脆弱性评估和参与式气候政策规划的矩阵工具来评估气候政策的社会影响。该矩阵用作识别社会空间中的社会群体的方法工具。首先，我们通过将社会脆弱性与平等和正义联系起来为矩阵奠定基础，展示了在气候政策设计和研究中解决社会脆弱性的重要性。接下来，我们介绍了在北欧福利国家中社会和气候政策维度整合过程中解决社会脆弱性的方法，这些国家也作为我们贡献的试验台。然后，我们建立了一种方法论工具，用于评估和讨论气候政策的社会脆弱性，尤其是政策对平等机会福祉的影响，并促进政策规划的参与；脆弱性矩阵。该矩阵是灵活的，可根据不同的政策背景和治理水平进行调整。我们展示了在北欧背景下矩阵的使用，反思其潜在用途并讨论矩阵作为解决气候政策社会脆弱性的工具的好处和局限性。