Episodes — AMERICA ADAPTS

Join climate change adaptation expert Doug Parsons as he talks with experts from different fields about the choices we face and the people who make them.

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The Biggest Short: Climate Change meets the 30-Year Home Mortgage with Dr. Jesse Keenan

The Biggest Short: Climate Change meets the 30-Year Home Mortgage with Dr. Jesse Keenan

Adapting Conservation to Climate Change at WWF – Re-Release

Adapting Conservation to Climate Change at WWF – Re-Release

Adapting Conservation to Climate Change at WWF – Re-Release. Ep. 115.

Culture, Adaptation, Economics, Environmental, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsJune 29, 2020WWF, World Wildlife Fund, adaptation, global warming, resilience, conservation, wildlifeComment

Tom Steyer on America Adapts! Climate change and Presidential politics, Covid-19 and next steps for the climate movement!

Tom Steyer on America Adapts! Climate change and Presidential politics, Covid-19 and next steps for the climate movement!

Tom Steyer on America Adapts! Climate change and Presidential politics, Covid-19 and next steps for the climate movement! Ep. 114.

Dr. Michael Mann: The Climate Knight Rises – Australia Bushfires + Covid19 + Climate Denialism + Michael Moore’s new Anti-Environment movie and much more!

Dr. Michael Mann: The Climate Knight Rises – Australia Bushfires + Covid19 + Climate Denialism + Michael Moore’s new Anti-Environment movie and much more!

Dr. Michael Mann: The Climate Knight Rises – Australia Bushfires + Covid19 + Climate Denialism + Michael Moore’s new Anti-Environment movie and much more! Ep. 112.

PODCAST: Adapting to Climate Change during a Pandemic + Bonus Early Adaptation Legislation in the 1970s

PODCAST: Adapting to Climate Change during a Pandemic + Bonus Early Adaptation Legislation in the 1970s

Adapting to Climate Change during a Pandemic + Bonus Early Adaptation Legislation in the 1970s. Ep. 110.

Culture, Adaptation, Disaster Management, Environmental, History, Impacts, Media, ScienceDoug ParsonsApril 19, 2020climate change, global warming, Covid 19, coronavirus, reslience, adaptation, climate

Podcast - Christiana Figueres: The Future We Choose, Coronavirus and Climate Change, the state of the Paris Climate Accords, adaptation and much more!

Podcast - Christiana Figueres: The Future We Choose, Coronavirus and Climate Change, the state of the Paris Climate Accords, adaptation and much more!

Christiana Figueres: The Future We Choose, Coronavirus and Climate Change, the state of the Paris Climate Accords, adaptation and much more! Ep. 109.

Culture, Adaptation, Environmental, Economics, History, Impacts, Media, politics, ScienceDoug ParsonsApril 5, 2020Christiana Figueres, Costa Rica, global warming, climate change, resilience, adaptation, Paris Climate Agreement, electionComment

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

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

Impacts of Rising Heat on Labor Markets and Public Education with Dr. Jisung Park of UCLA. Ep. 108.

Adaptation, Culture, Environmental, environmental law, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsMarch 10, 2020

Women + LGBTQ + People of Color Adapt to Climate Change – Rewind

Women + LGBTQ + People of Color Adapt to Climate Change – Rewind

Women + LGBTQ + People of Color Adapt to Climate Change – Rewind. Ep. 106.

Disaster Management, Culture, Adaptation, Activism, Environmental, History, Impacts, politics, Media, ScienceDoug ParsonsFebruary 9, 2020climate change, LGBTQ, LGBT, resilience, adaptation, coastal, New Orleans, global warming, women, people of color Comment

Building a Resilient Tomorrow with Judge Alice Hill

Building a Resilient Tomorrow with Judge Alice Hill

Building a Resilient Tomorrow with Judge Alice Hill. Ep. 102.

Adaptation, Culture, Disaster Management, Environmental, environmental law, Impacts, History, Media, politics, ScienceDoug ParsonsDecember 9, 2019climate change, Council on Foreign Relations, Judge Alice Hill, resilience, adaptation, adapts, global warming, climate

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

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

Everything you wanted to know about Managed Retreat (but were afraid to ask) with Dr. AR Siders. Ep. 100.

Adaptation, Environmental, Culture, environmental law, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsNovember 11, 2019managed retreat, climate change, climate, global warming, AR Siders, University of Delaware, resilience, adaptation, coastal, marineComment

Flood, Rebuild, Repeat - A podcast with NRDC’s Rob Moore

Flood, Rebuild, Repeat - A podcast with NRDC’s Rob Moore

Flood, Rebuild, Repeat - A podcast with NRDC’s Rob Moore. Ep. 99.

Adaptation, Environmental, environmental law, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsOctober 27, 2019climate change, resilience, NRDC, adaptation, coastal, managed retreat, climate, global warming, sea level rise, floodingComment

Deconstructing a Climate Skeptic (Re-release): The Marc Morano Podcast

Deconstructing a Climate Skeptic (Re-release): The Marc Morano Podcast

Deconstructing a Climate Skeptic (Re-release): The Marc Morano Podcast. Ep. 97.

Culture, Environmental, History, Impacts, politics, ScienceDoug ParsonsSeptember 22, 2019climate change, global warming, climate skeptic, Marc Morano, adaptation, Trump, 2020, politics, Republican, conservative, reslience, climate depot Comment

Dispatches from Adapters at the 2019 National Adaptation Forum in Madison, Wisconsin

Dispatches from Adapters at the 2019 National Adaptation Forum in Madison, Wisconsin

Dispatches from Adapters at the 2019 National Adaptation Forum in Madison, Wisconsin. Ep. 91.

Adaptation, Culture, Environmental, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsJune 10, 2019climate change, global warming, resilience, resiliency, National Adaptation Forum, Madison, adaptation, climate

Keeping History Above Water – St. Augustine, Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise

Keeping History Above Water – St. Augustine, Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise

Keeping History Above Water – St. Augustine, Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise. Ep. 90

Cli-Fi Research: Can Climate Fiction Influence Behavior + Interview with MIT’s Today I Learned: Climate Podcast

Cli-Fi Research: Can Climate Fiction Influence Behavior + Interview with MIT’s Today I Learned: Climate Podcast

Cli-Fi Research: Can Climate Science Fiction Influence Behavior + Interview with MIT’s Today I Learned: Climate Podcast. Ep. 89.

Environmental, History, ScienceDoug ParsonsMay 5, 2019Cli-fi, climate change, global warming, fictino, resilience, adaptation Comment

The Unbearable Lightness of Cultural Resources: An Adaptation Story with Dr. Marcy Rockman

The Unbearable Lightness of Cultural Resources: An Adaptation Story with Dr. Marcy Rockman

The Unbearable Lightness of Cultural Resources: An Adaptation Story with Dr. Marcy Rockman. Ep. 88.

Environmental, Culture, Adaptation, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsApril 21, 2019cultural resources, historic preservation, Marcy Rockman, climate change, global warming, coastal, sea level rise, resilience, adaptationComment

Dr. Michael Mann: Return of the Climate Jedi

Dr. Michael Mann: Return of the Climate Jedi

Dr. Michael Mann: Return of the Climate Jedi . Ep. 86.

Climate Change Podcasters Unite! 8 Climate Pods, 8 Amazing Stories!

Climate Change Podcasters Unite! 8 Climate Pods, 8 Amazing Stories!

Climate Change Podcasters Unite! 8 Climate Pods, 8 Amazing Stories! Ep. 85.

The State of Adaptation and Climate Adaptation Finance with Harvard’s Jesse Keenan

The State of Adaptation and Climate Adaptation Finance with Harvard’s Jesse Keenan

The State of Adaptation and Climate Adaptation Finance with Harvard’s Jesse Keenan. Ep. 84.

Adaptation, Environmental, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsFebruary 24, 2019Harvard University, Jesse Keenan, resilience, adaptation, finance, California, coastal, climate change, global warmingComment

To Sue or Not to Sue: Legal Liability and Climate Adaptation with the Conservation Law Foundation

To Sue or Not to Sue: Legal Liability and Climate Adaptation with the Conservation Law Foundation

Legal Liability and Climate Adaptation with the Conservation Law Foundation. Ep. 83.

Adaptation, Environmental, History, Impacts, ScienceDoug ParsonsFebruary 11, 2019climate change, environmental law, Conservation Law Foundation, resilience, coastal, adaptation, adapt, podcastComment