America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast

In episode 166 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts adaptation experts from Colorado. We learn how extreme storm events have been a major driver in adaptation planning in the state. Discover the most pressing climate impacts facing Colorado. We hear from the state climatologist about Colorado’s unique climate and what challenges it brings to adaptation planners. We also hear about on the ground examples of resilience planning from city and local governments.  Colorado is learning quickly how to upscale their post-disaster recovery efforts.  The epic 2013 floods were a catalyst for many of the resilience actions we see today in Colorado. Learn how that happened and how responding to these events has spurred adaptation innovation at the state level. Colorado has created a useful template on how other states can begin to comprehensively adapt to climate change.

Colorado Experts in this episode:

• Anne Miller - Colorado Resiliency Office Director in the Colorado Office of Local Affairs
• Russ Schumacher - Colorado State Climatologist
• Maya Machamer – Co-founder and Director of the Boulder Watershed Collective
• Jim Webster - Wildfire Partners Program Coordinator for Boulder County
• Lori Hodges - Director Office of Emergency Management for Larimer County, Colorado
• Jessica Olson - Executive Director of the Left Hand Watershed Center

Topics covered:

• Colorado Resiliency office can help with technical assistance and help with workshops if local communities request it.
• What was the Resilience Collaborative and what role did it play in establishing the Colorado Resiliency Office?
• What is the Wildlife Partners Program and how it empowers homeowners to make their homes more resilient to wildfires.
• Colorado is learning quickly how to upscale their post-disaster recovery efforts.
• How extreme events can be a catalyst for innovative adaptation planning.
• How Colorado institutionalized resilience into a statewide office.
• Learn how Boulder is being proactive with adaptation planning and how they get their local citizens involved.
• What is a “Wildfire ready watershed”?
• Learn from the state climatologist about Colorado’s unique climate and how they help local governments with critical climate data.
• We learn what ‘restoring the landscape to a future condition’ means.

This episode was generously sponsored by the Genesee Mountain Foundation.

Transcript of this episode available here. (Transcribed by computer so there are some errors).

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Links in episode:
https://cdola.colorado.gov/colorado-resiliency-office
https://watershed.center/
https://www.boulderwatershedcollective.com/
https://wildfirepartners.org/mitigation-specialists/
https://www.larimer.gov/emergency
https://climate.colostate.edu/ccc_info.html
https://geneseefoundation.org/

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
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In episode 165 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Katharine Mach. Katharine is a Professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and is a lead author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. Katharine explains the process of drafting the report; how the media succeeds and fails at communicating the urgency of the report; Doug and Katharine also discuss a need to rethink the role and purpose of the IPCC report to help elevate the urgency of the message it’s sending. Katharine also explains a paper on “the concept of risk” she co-authored for the IPCC. In addition, we hear how the University of Miami is bringing adaptation and resilience into its curriculum.

Topics covered:

• IPCC is a grand partnership between the governments of the world.
• How did the media do in reporting on the IPCC report?
• The IPCC has zero regulatory authority over sovereign nations.
• What does it mean to be a lead author for the IPCC.
• Many developing countries don’t have the climate data and experts that developed countries have.
• How can the IPCC be relevant to adaptation planners in the U.S.
• Who is the audience for the IPCC report and how do you communicate to different audiences.
• How can American policymakers make use of the IPCC report.
• Adaptation education at the University of Miami.

Transcripts of this episode here.

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https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01170-y
https://people.miami.edu/profile/[email protected]
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2021/01/The-concept-of-risk-in-the-IPCC-Sixth-Assessment-Report.pdf
https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:da39e9af-530e-4645-8b71-a254562b9a2a

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The Evolving Nature of Climate Fiction with Dr. Amy Brady

In episode 123 of, I hosted returning guest - climate fiction expert - Dr. Amy Brady!  This was Amy’s third time on the podcast and we catch up on topics like:  climate writers reaching out to scientists; can cli-fi influence people’s behavior to take action on climate change; how the tv and movie industry are taking note of climate fiction;  and the prevalence of climate justice in cli-fi.

Impacts of Rising Heat on Labor Markets and Public Education with Dr. Jisung Park of UCLA

And In episode 108 of, I hosted Dr. Jisung Park, assistant professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA.  We talked about  Jisung’s research, showing how increased temperatures can negatively impact student academic performance. Also, rising temperatures can lower worker productively, seriously impacting the labor market. We also discussed the positives and negatives of adaptation solutions (air conditioning) to these emerging problems. Jisung also shared how UCLA is training the next generation of adaptation professionals.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

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Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
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America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.”

Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!

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In the latest episode of America Adapts, we are talking with citizen activists impacted by repeated flooding and what actions they are taking in response.  The podcast is joined by representatives from the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Anthropocene Alliance. We also talk to four citizen activists who have experienced flooding first hand and the steps they are taking to make their communities more resilient to future extreme events.  We share stories of citizen adapters and the advice they give others that are dealing with extreme events in their communities. We also hear some national level policy recommendations on how to help communities adapt to flooding conditions that will worsen as the climate warms. Get on the ground with flood survivors!

Topics covered:

• Learn what it’s like to live with repeated flooding.
• How the Anthropocene Alliance helps citizens take action in response to flooding (and how you can benefit too).
• What role FEMA plays in flood response.
• What federal policy reforms are needed for NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program)
• The challenges of moving from home sites that are repeatedly flooded.
• How flood policies can exacerbate environmental justice problems.

Guests in this Episode:

1. Harriet Festing – Anthropocene Alliance, Executive Director and Co-Founder
2. Amber Bismack - Residents Working Against Huron River Flooding, Director
3. Jackie Jones – Resident Reidsville, Georgia
4. Terri Straka – Resident, Rosewood Strong, South Carolina
5. Gloria Horning – Resident Pensacola, Florida. Higher Ground.
6. Rob Moore - Director, Water & Climate Team, Natural Resources Defense Council

This episode was generously sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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https://anthropocenealliance.org/
https://www.nrdc.org/
https://residentsworkingagainsthuronriverflooding.org/
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/rob-moore
https://anthropocenealliance.org/reidsville-georgia-community-floods/
https://anthropocenealliance.org/rosewood-strong/
https://anthropocenealliance.org/higher-ground-pensacola/

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

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Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU

America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.”

Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!

For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.  

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In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Erin Sikorsky, the director of The Center for Climate and Security. Erin and Doug discuss: how to elevate the urgency of climate change through national security; why climate change is considered a top threat to the U.S.; how it’s impacting the core duties of the U.S. military; where are global ‘hot spots’; how climate change could lead to further political polarization in the U.S.; the value of a National Adaptation Plan and more!

Topics covered:

• Why we need to elevate the urgency of climate change.
• Climate change is rated at the top of the list of threats to the United States. 
• Climate change is a ‘shaping risk’ that influences many other national security topics.
• How does climate change affect the core duties of the US military.
• Climate change doesn’t fit neatly into how the intelligence community has normally organized itself.
• Where are global climate ‘hot spots’ regarding national security.
• Younger national security professionals more likely to see the risk of climate change.
• Climate change could lead to more political polarization within the United States. 
• Should the National Climate Assessment be treated with the same gravity as the National Threat Assessment. 
• A National Adaptation Plan could benefit our national security.

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https://climateandsecurity.org/
https://climateandsecurity.org/climatesecurityplanforamerica/
https://www.lawfareblog.com/climate-security-next-steps-us-government

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The Evolving Nature of Climate Fiction with Dr. Amy Brady

In episode 123 of, I hosted returning guest - climate fiction expert - Dr. Amy Brady!  This was Amy’s third time on the podcast and we catch up on topics like:  climate writers reaching out to scientists; can cli-fi influence people’s behavior to take action on climate change; how the tv and movie industry are taking note of climate fiction;  and the prevalence of climate justice in cli-fi.

Impacts of Rising Heat on Labor Markets and Public Education with Dr. Jisung Park of UCLA

And In episode 108 of, I hosted Dr. Jisung Park, assistant professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA.  We talked about  Jisung’s research, showing how increased temperatures can negatively impact student academic performance. Also, rising temperatures can lower worker productively, seriously impacting the labor market. We also discussed the positives and negatives of adaptation solutions (air conditioning) to these emerging problems. Jisung also shared how UCLA is training the next generation of adaptation professionals.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
|http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

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https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU

America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.”

Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!

For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.  

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In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Ladd Keith and Dr Sara Meerow to discuss their new book, Planning for Urban Heat Resilience.  Sara is an Assistant Professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University and Ladd is an Assistant Professor in Planning and Chair of Sustainable Built Environments at The University of Arizona.  Ladd and Sara discuss: the complexities of urban heat; heat equity; planning tools; case studies of cities doing urban heat resilience effectively and policies for federal approaches to heat management.

Topics covered:

• Review of new book, Planning for Urban Heat Resilience
• Understanding the complexities of urban heat.
• Developing urban heat strategies.
• What is ‘heat equity’?
• Planning tools or urban heat resilience.
• Case studies of cities doing urban heat planning effectively.
• How this book could be relevant to federal policy makers.
• Resources and networks for planners focusing on extreme heat.
• Advancing urban heat resilience.

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Links in episode:
https://capla.arizona.edu/studio/planning-for-urban-heat-resilience
https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/person/sara-meerow
https://capla.arizona.edu/faculty-staff/ladd-keith

Sara Meerow & Ladd Keith. 2021. “Planning for extreme heat: A national survey of U.S. planners.” Journal of the American Planning Association. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1977682

Ladd Keith, Sara Meerow, Tess Wagner. 2019. “Planning for extreme heat: A review.” Journal of Extreme Events. 6 (3&4): 2050003 https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345737620500037

Ladd and Sara’s article in Planning Magazine:
Ladd Keith & Sara Meerow. 2021. “Beat Extreme Heat with These 8 Tactics.” Planning Magazine. https://www.planning.org/planning/2021/fall/beat-extreme-heat-with-these-8-tactics/

Ladd and Sara’s op ed:
Ladd Keith & Sara Meerow. 2021. “Opinion: Cities must plan for heat resilience now.” Thompson Reuters Foundation. https://news.trust.org/item/20210705161002-pz8g0/

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Everything you wanted to know about Managed Retreat (but were afraid to ask) with Dr. AR Siders

In episode 100 (a true milestone!) of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Dr. AR Siders, an assistant professor at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware.

Adapting Conservation to Climate Change at WWF

In episode 115 of America Adapts, a re-release of episode 80, “Adapting Conservation to Climate Change at WWF”, Doug Parson joins World Wildlife Fund’s Shaun Martin to revisit this episode and to see the progress that has been made from when it was originally released on Dec. 17th, 2018. In the original episode we take a behind the scenes look at how WWF is adapting conservation to the new realities of climate change and helping governments prepare for the future in ways that ensure a place for nature.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
https://youtu.be/949R8CRpUYU

America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure!  Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.”

Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts!  Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible!

For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on

In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Leo Goldsmith of ICF and  Dr. Michael Mendez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at the University of California, Irvine, to discuss their new paper, Queer and Present Danger: Understanding the Disparate Impacts of Disasters on LGBTQ+ Communities. Mike and Leo discuss the unique vulnerabilities of this community in disaster relief; the myth of gay affluence; how faith-based groups have a history of discriminatory practices in disaster relief; how cohesive is the LGBTQ community and how race is a problem even in LGBTQ groups. Mike and Leo also lay out specific policy recommendations on how adaptation planners can properly consider this community in their planning.

Topics covered:

• This paper was the first highlighting the lack of laws and policies protecting the LGBTQ community in disaster relief.
• What is the myth of gay affluence?
• How faith-based groups are on the front lines of disaster relief and how some of them discriminate against the LGBTQ community when providing that relief.
• The evolution of the word ‘queer’ and what it means to the LGBTQ community.
• Examples of discrimination in disaster relief to the LGBTQ community.
• Is the LGBTQ community a cohesive group?
• Incorporating language recognizing the LGQBT+ Community would lead to more holistic adaptation planning.
• Discussion of latest federal executive actions to protect the LGBTQ community.
• Policy recommendations on how adaptation planners can incorporate the concerns of the LGBTQ community.

(Cover photo by Cecilie Johnsen)

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https://twitter.com/MikeMendezPhD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-goldsmith-21a37910a/ 

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Links in episode:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/equity/#environmental-justice
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FEMA-EO13985-equity-summary.pdf
http://www.michaelanthonymendez.com/about-michael-a.html
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/disa.12509
https://www.kqed.org/news/11906110/disaster-planning-leaves-out-queer-people
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300232158/climate-change-streets/
https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/hrc-releases-competency-guide-for-emergency-responders

“When people are planning for social vulnerability, they totally discount the LGBTQ+ community because it's characterized as being white & wealthy."

https://www.kqed.org/.../queer-communities-often-left-out...  

Queer and Present Danger: Understanding the Disparate Impacts of Disasters on LGBTQ+ Communities 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/disa.12509 

Policy Brief on The Need for Equitable Disaster Response for LGBTQ+ Communities 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2vODQCT_XOXvXW4q61WZ5ksus0fDm2A/view?usp=sharing 

Queer & Present Danger - Understanding the disparate impacts of disasters on LGBTQ+ communities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xHTa7dAwkE

Climate Justice Must Include All Women
https://atmos.earth/climate-change-womens-rights-justice-trans/

America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve Newsletter!

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

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In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Michael Mendez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy at the University of California, Irvine. Michael shares his research on how undocumented immigrants are particularly vulnerable to wildfires and climate change; why FEMA doesn’t provide disaster aid to these workers; what is a “worthy disaster victim” and how adaptation planners can incorporate climate equity into their plans. These topics and much more!

Topics covered:

• Why are undocumented immigrants particularly vulnerable to wildfires and pandemics.
• FEMA won’t cover undocumented workers. That needs to change!
• Could climate change be a catalyst for real immigration reform?
• Who is a “worthy disaster victim.”
• What is “contextual vulnerability”?
• Recommendations on how to consider climate justice issues in your adaptation plan (or your updates)
• How understanding the differential impacts on undocumented immigrants can help improve disaster planning to protect the most vulnerable and stigmatized populations.
• Managed Retreat and Undocumented workers

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Links in episode:
New Book: Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement, through Yale University Press at: 
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300232158/climate-change-streets

The (in)visible victims of disaster: Understanding the vulnerability of undocumented Latino/a and indigenous immigrants, through Geoforum. 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718520301925

https://socalgrantmakers.org/blog/centering-undocumented-californians-and-migrants-disaster-resilience

Behind the Bougainvillea Curtain: Wildfires and Inequality  
https://issues.org/wildfires-inequality-indigenous-undocumented-workers-mendez/?fbclid=IwAR30qR60hU5X0wAlB_HivX9nGK6Pfk17FwAjBO4l1ZKb-M9gL34dbHFyxxQ

http://www.michaelanthonymendez.com/about-michael-a.html
https://www.kqed.org/news/11906110/disaster-planning-leaves-out-queer-people
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300232158/climate-change-streets/

Archived Episodes Highlighted in this episode:

In episode 96, The Once and Future Republican Party – Conservatism and Climate Change, I’m joined by Bob Inglis, former republican Congressman from South Carolina and now Executive Director of RepublicEN. 

In episode 86, Return of the Climate Jedi, famed climatologist Dr. Michael Mann returns. 

America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve Newsletter!

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
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In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Elizabeth Mattiuzzi of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Lizzie’s latest research unpacks the ways low- and moderate-income communities are vulnerable to climate risks. Learn the role of housing insecurity in communities’ climate vulnerabilities. Her research also uncovers awareness levels among organizations dealing with climate risk and what impacts they perceive are affecting their community members. It’s important research with many implications for on the ground adaptation practitioners!

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Links in episode:
Climate-Related Risks Faced by Low- and Moderate-Income Communities and Communities of Color: Survey Results
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-research-briefs/2021/december/climate-related-risks-faced-by-low-and-moderate-income-communities-and-communities-of-color-survey-results/
Blog summarizing the Community Development survey:
https://www.frbsf.org/our-district/about/sf-fed-blog/understanding-climate-risk-from-community-development-professionals/
NICRC link:
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/events/2022/march/2022-national-interagency-community-reinvestment-conference/
Summary of an event San Fran Fed hosted in 2021 that Ladd Keith was part of:
https://www.frbsf.org/our-district/about/sf-fed-blog/address-climate-risk-through-equitable-community-development/
Summary of an event San Fran Fed hosted in 2020 that Laurie Schoeman and Dr. Jesse Keenan participated in.
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/blog/strategies-for-equitable-climate-finance/
Keenan and Mattiuzzi 2019 CRA report (that Ian and Jesse spoke about on the show):
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-research-briefs/2019/june/climate-adaptation-investment-and-the-community-reinvestment-act/
Blog post summarizing the CRA report:
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/blog/improving-community-resilience-through-proactive-disaster-preparation-and-response/

Archived Episodes Highlighted in this episode:

8 Climate Adaptation Recommendations for the Biden Administration with Dr. Carolyn Kousky of The Wharton School
https://www.americaadapts.org/episodes/8-climate-adaptation-recommendations-for-the-biden-administration-with-dr-carolyn-kousky-of-the-wharton-school

The Moral Case for Climate Reparations + Climate Justice with Maxine Burkett https://www.americaadapts.org/episodes/the-moral-case-for-climate-reparations-climate-justice-with-dr-maxine-burkett

America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve Newsletter!

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
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In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Crystal Skillman, an award winning playwright, who has written a new climate themed play, Rain and Zoe Save the World.  The show is co-hosted by regular guest, “cli-fi” expert, Dr. Amy Brady.  Amy and Doug discuss with Crystal what inspired her to write a climate themed play, why the arts are so important in climate communication and how the theater has driven societal change in the past. It’s an exciting and unusual episode for America Adapt!

Topics discussed:

• Theater as a climate communication tool.
• Plot and inspiration for the play, Rain and Zoe Save the World
• How Crystal weaved climate changed into a dramatic storyline
• How the theater has driven societal change in the past.
• Why we need an all hands approach for climate communication.
  
  

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Links in episode:
https://www.crystalskillman.com
https://www.rainandzoe.com
https://amybradywrites.com/
https://www.instagram.com/rainandzoesavetheworld/
https://www.tiktok.com/@rainandzoesavetheworld
https://www.facebook.com/rainandzoesavetheworld/
https://twitter.com/rainandzoe
Treeson https://www.treesonmusical.com/
Cuullud watch: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2122/cullud-wattah/
About author here: https://www.newdramatists.org/erika-dickerson-despenza
Magellanica - https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/a-six-hour-theatrical-epic-about-the-hole-in-the-ozone-layer
Author: http://emlewisplaywright.com/?page_id=149
Oil by Ella Hickson; https://almeida.co.uk/in-conversation-with-ella-hickson
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood: https://royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-children/
Author speaks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-is0cHFQJlA

Orion's 40th anniversary celebration!
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Archived Episodes Highlighted in this episode:

Resilient New York: Urban Forestry, Shared Stewardship and Climate Adaptation
https://www.americaadapts.org/episodes/2019/8/5/resilient-new-york-urban-forestry-shared-stewardship-and-climate-adaptation

Tribes, Indigenous People and the False Urgency of Climate Adaptation with Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte
https://www.americaadapts.org/episodes/tribes-indigenous-people-and-the-false-urgency-of-climate-adaptation-with-dr-kyle-white

America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve Newsletter!
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa
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In the latest episode of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts Cameron Adams, a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, in the office of Senator Chris Coons (Democrat) of Delaware. Cam is the primary author of a new bi-partisan bill that would create a position of Chief Resilience Officer, who would be responsible for developing a National Adaptation Plan. Cam shares the history of the legislation; why Congress should work with the Executive Branch on adaptation issues; its prospects for passage; the details of the legislation and his own experiences as an adaptation professional.

Topics discussed:

• Why pass an adaptation bill?
• Do we need a national adaptation plan?
• Roles and responsibilities of a future Chief Resilience Officer
• Most climate policy is focused on mitigation
• Very few organizations providing expertise to Congress on the issue of adaptation. This needs to change.
• How a national adaptation plan would integrate the national climate assessment.
• What is policy durability? And why is it important for climate adaptation.
• Working with the Executive branch on adaptation policy.
• Cam’s educational background that prepared him to write adaptation legislation.

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Links in episode:
https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Coons%20Bill.pdf
https://www.coons.senate.gov/
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/590686-bipartisan-lawmakers-announce-climate-adaptation-bill
https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-coons-murkowski-unveil-landmark-bipartisan-climate-resilience-legislation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-adams1/
https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Knauss-Fellowship-Program

America Adapts was published in the Federal Reserve Newsletter!

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Strategies to Address Climate Change Risk in Low- and Moderate-income Communities - Volume 14, Issue 1
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/publications/community-development-investment-review/2019/october/strategies-to-address-climate-change-low-moderate-income-communities/

Podcasts in the Classroom – Discussion guides now available for the latest episode of America Adapts. These guides can be used by educators at all levels. Check them out here!

The 10 Best Sustainability Podcasts for Environmental Business Leaders
https://us.anteagroup.com/news-events/blog/10-best-sustainability-podcasts-environmental-business-leaders

The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor
http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/

7 podcasts to learn more about climate change and how to fight it
https://kinder.world/articles/you/7-podcasts-to-learn-more-about-climate-change-and-how-to-fight-it-19813

Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexa

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For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts.  

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