The Community-driven Co-production proposed Network is founded on the belief that climate-related research must be conducted in collaboration with the communities most affected by climate change. Effective knowledge-based solutions require co-production, bringing together scientific, social, and policy expertise with the lived experiences of local communities. Too often, community engagement is an afterthought in research projects. This Network, leveraging an existing collaboration led by P.I. Subramaniam and support from Columbia’s Center for Science and Society, aims to establish ethical guidelines and best practices for co-produced research. It will build on current projects, including Arctic sea ice monitoring with Kotzebue, Alaska, pollution testing with Manhattan middle school students, and citizen science initiatives with the Climate Museum in NYC. The Network’s goals include fostering an interdisciplinary research community, developing best-practice guidelines, supporting faculty and administrative efforts in co-production research, and integrating community-driven climate research into academic curricula.