<p>As climate change caused disasters increase in frequency and severity, the social work profession must evolve its frameworks, practices, and pedagogies to meet the growing complexities of emergency management (EM). Central to this evolution is the integration of an ecosocial work framework and climate justice principles into EM social work. These foundations provide a lens for understanding how EM social workers can support communities during the disaster response and recovery phases, particularly in contexts where structural vulnerability is deeply entrenched within the global polycrisis. This practice-informed, conceptual paper advances a model of transformative emergency management social work using a case illustration to demonstrate the application of ecosocial and climate justice frameworks. The paper clarifies the contributions of ecosocial work and climate justice frameworks, distinguishes transformative from traditional EM practices, and identifies implications for social work education, policy, and practice. While grounded in a U.S. context, the analysis situates EM social work within broader global inequities, including climate colonialism and uneven development. This work contributes to emerging scholarship by articulating a justice-centered paradigm for EM social work in the context of the climate crisis.</p>