Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough

So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But no matter how well we succeed on that front, climate-induced disasters are already causing hundreds of billions of dollars of damage worldwide every year — not to mention destroying livelihoods and causing deaths. We're seeing those impacts today, and we need to be ready.

Adaptation does not mean giving up on trying to rein in heat-trapping pollution; it’s facing reality. The way we adapt can be creative and empowering. But what does that kind of adaptation look like? 

Episode Guests:  

Susannah Fisher, Principal Research Fellow, University College London; Author of "Sink or Swim"

Nick Mott, Multimedia Journalist; Author of “This Is Wildfire” 

Tanya Gulliver-Garcia, Director of Educational Impact, Center for Disaster Philanthropy

This episode features a field piece by David Condos, who originally reported the story for KUER in Salt Lake City, Utah.

For show notes and related links, visit https://www.climateone.org/audio/adaptation-when-prevention-isnt-enough.

Highlights:

00:00 Intro

4:06 Susannah Fisher on her findings as a research student

7:43 Susannah Fisher on transformational changes

11:52 Susannah Fisher on the realities of climate migration

17:41 Susannah Fisher on the future of adaptation

22:47 Susannah Fisher on international cooperation

27:01 Susannah Fisher on surprising connections

30:35 Nick Mott on who is responsible for protecting your house

33:09 Nick Mott on the next level steps for protecting from wildfire

39:58 Field piece by David Condos on reusing sewage water

44:38 Tanya Gulliver-Garcia on what mutual aid is

48:20 Tanya Gulliver-Garcia on a mutual aid response to climate disasters

53:35 Climate One More Thing

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