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Meet the Adapters: Conversations from the National Adaptation Forum
In episode 254 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons heads to the National Adaptation Forum to meet some of the people shaping the future of climate adaptation. With help from guest interviewers …
The FOMO Problem: Why Climate Adaptation Still Isn't Scaling with Shalini Vajjhala
In episode 253 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons speaks with Dr. Shalini Vajjhala , Executive Director of The Pre-Collective, about why climate adaptation still struggles to scale and whether…
Need Some Climate Inspiration? Head North to Canada
In episode 252 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons travels to the University of New Brunswick in Canada, where he keynoted an undergraduate climate conference bringing together students and faculty…
Climate Adaptation Is Having a Moment—But Are We Ready?
In episode 251 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons speaks with Jamil Wyne, founder of Hazelwood Network, to explore whether climate adaptation is finally moving into the mainstream—or if we're…
Can Climate Adaptation Prevent Environmental Extremism—or Just Delay It?
In episode 250 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons speaks with Dr. Thomas Zeitzoff, professor at American University and author of No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and…
An Uninsurable Country: What Rising Climate Risk Means for Homeowners with NRDC
In episode 249 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons takes a deep dive into the growing climate-driven insurance crisis reshaping housing and communities across the United States. Doug first speaks…
The Endangerment Finding Explained — and What It Means for Climate Adaptation
In episode 248 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons is joined by Professor Mark Nevitt of Emory University School of Law to unpack the repeal of the Clean Air Act's Endangerment Finding and what…
Advancing Adaptation with the McKinsey Global Institute
In episode 247 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Mekala Krishnan, partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, for an inside look at how one of the world's most influential private…
Public Participation and Climate Adaptation in China
In episode 246 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Shiran Victoria Shen, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, for a closer look at how climate adaptation actually…
The Heat Will Still Kill You First with Jeff Goodell
In episode 245 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons is joined by legendary climate journalist Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet for a…
Arizona's Climate Change Adaptation Playbook: Heat, Water, Wildfire
In episode 244 of America Adapts, we adapt in the southwest! Welcome to the desert proving ground for climate adaptation. In my home state of Arizona—Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff—we get right down…
North: The Future of Post-Climate America
In episode 243 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons welcomes back recurring guest and leading adaptation scholar Dr. Jesse M. Keenan to discuss his new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate…
FEMA at a Crossroads: What's Breaking, What's Working, and What Comes Next with NRDC
In episode 242 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons checks in on FEMA at a moment of rapid change. With funding delays, political uncertainty, and major reforms underway, FEMA's role in national…
The Federal Climate Retreat and the Rise of a New Adaptation Ecosystem
In episode 241 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons explores what happens when federal climate services retreat—and a new adaptation ecosystem rises to fill the gaps. As agencies like NOAA, FEMA, and…
Unmanaged Retreat: Inside America's First Federal Climate Relocation Attempt
In episode 240 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with reporter Terry Jones about the tangled story behind America's first federally funded climate relocation on Louisiana's Isle de Jean…
Understanding the IPCC with Dr. Katharine Mach—Where the Media Succeeds and Fails - Re-release
In episode 239 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons revisits his conversation with Dr. Katharine Mach, Professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a…
Special Episode — Climate Change and Human Mobility (Rebroadcast of a CCST Panel Conversation)
In episode 238 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons takes you inside a CCST webinar that he moderated —part of the California Council on Science and Technology's Climate Change & Human Mobility…
20 Years After Hurricane Katrina: The Fixes, the Failures and What's at Risk Again with Dr. Andrew Rumbach
In episode 237 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Dr. Andrew Rumbach of the Urban Institute, who went to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to work on recovery and has spent his…
Generating the Science Behind Climate Adaptation with the Schoodic Institute
In episode 236 of America Adapts, we're heading to coastal Maine — a place where science, community, and nature all come together to tackle climate change. Adaptation doesn't just happen on its own.…
Climate Change on the Battlefield: International Military Responses to the Climate Crisis with Erin Sikorsky
In episode 235 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons speaks with Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate and Security and author of the new book Climate Change on the Battlefield. Erin…
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America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast has published 254 episodes since July 2016, covering topics in Natural Sciences, Nature.
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