

America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast
Doug Parsons
A changing climate presents humanity with only one option: adapt. Join your host, Doug Parsons for America's leading podcast on climate change - America Adapts! Each episode, Doug sits down with scientists, activists, policymakers, and journalists to discuss the tough questions facing this country and the world as we confront humanity's greatest challenge. Question your assumptions, refresh your perspective, and become part of the climate movement that will determine our planet's future, right here on the America Adapts podcast.
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May 21, 2019 • 1h 42min
Keeping History Above Water – St. Augustine, Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise
In episode 90 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons travels to beautiful Saint Augustine, Florida for the Keeping History Above Water conference. Doug interviews experts on the threat of sea level rise to cultural resources. Learn the innovative, proactive approaches the city of St. Augustine is taking to address sea level rise. The conference highlights the specific examples of adaptation planning that are happening at the local community level. Discover how historic preservation will be a key catalyst for adapting the built environment to climate change. Learn how the Keeping History Above Water series is challenging the historic preservation sector to factor in the enormous challenges of sea level rise. This episode of America Adapts was generously sponsored by Sponsored by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Flagler College, and the University of Florida. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app! Donate to America Adapts Interviewed in this episode: Leslee Keys – Assistant Professor, Director of Historic Preservation and Special Initiatives, Flagler College (2:50) Kelsey Mullen - Public Programs Manager, Newport Restoration Foundation (11:46) Andrea Dutton – Asst. Professor, University of Florida (14:50) John Regan – City Manager, City of St. Augustine (27:09) Lisa Craig – The Lisa Craig Group (33:45) Emily Jane Murray - Public Archaeology Coordinator at The Florida Public Archaeology Network (40:49) Katherine Jacob – Education Director, The Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach (43:43) Briana Paxton Grosicki - Director of Research at PlaceEconomics (48:30) Jeff Goodell – Rolling Stone Magazine (53:46) Marcy Rockman – Climate Change and Cultural Heritage, IPCC Team Lead (1:01:42) Mallory Hopkins – Filmmaker "Sea Level Rise in St. Augustine" (1:06:50) Morris Hylton III - Program Director Historic Preservation, University of Florida (1:14:13) Melissa Wyllie – Executive Director of The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation (1:24:32) Isabel Rivera-Collazo - Assistant Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1:28:10) Links in this episode: http://historyabovewater.org/2019-st-augustine/ https://dcp.ufl.edu/historic-preservation/ http://historyabovewater.org/2019-st-augustine/st-augustine-program/ http://historyabovewater.org/2019-st-augustine/2019-st-augustine-speakers/ https://www.palmbeachpreservation.org/directory/katherine-jacob http://www.citystaug.com/government/administration/city_manager.php http://www.newportrestoration.org/staff-and-trustees/ Link to the presentation Doug Parsons did at Flagler College on "How to podcast" prior to the conference. Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom – All episode discussion guides available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @jeffgoodell @HistAboveWater @PBPreservation @FlaglerCollege @DrAndreaDutton Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

May 5, 2019 • 55min
Cli-Fi Research: Can Climate Science Fiction Influence Behavior + Interview with MIT's Today I Learned: Climate Podcast
In episode 89 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Yale-Nus College Asst. Professor of Environmental Studies Dr. Matthew Schneider-Mayerson about his recent literacy research on how "Cli-Fi", or climate change science fiction, can influence a reader's behavior. Doug is joined in this interview by Cli-Fi expert, Dr. Amy Brady, a previous guest on America Adapts. In a bonus conversation, Doug interviews Laur Hesse Fisher, host of a new podcast, Today I Learned: Climate (TILClimate), based out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Discover how this new podcast is teaching climate fundamentals in short, science driven episodes. Donate to America Adapts Other Topics covered: Using "Cli-Fi" to influence a reader's behavior. Amy Brady weighs in on need for empirical evidence in the cli fi genre. Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, says "the future is a distant country." Using "Cli-Fi" to move people from just awareness to actual action. "Cli-Fi" can help bring people together to talk about climate change. Links in this episode: https://yale-nus.academia.edu/MatthewSchneiderMayerson https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/about/faculty/matthew-schneider-mayerson/ http://news.mit.edu/2019/mit-tilclimate-podcast-breaks-down-climate-change-facts-0502 https://www.academia.edu/37913124/The_Influence_of_Climate_Fiction_An_Empirical_Survey_of_Readers https://climate.mit.edu/users/tilclimate-podcast https://climate.mit.edu/ https://www.yale-nus.edu.sg/ Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom – All episode discussion guides available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @schneidermayers @TILclimate Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Apr 22, 2019 • 1h 22min
The Unbearable Lightness of Cultural Resources: An Adaptation Story with Dr. Marcy Rockman
In episode 88 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Marcy Rockman, cultural resource and climate adaptation expert. Marcy, until recently, was the Cultural Resources Adaptation Coordinator for the National Park Service and is now the IPCC Team Lead with the International Council on Monuments and Sites Climate Change and Heritage Working Group. Marcy and I discuss her time at the Park Service, developing the first of its kind cultural resource and climate change white paper. We also talk about how climate change will impact historic sites and how it's a threat multiplier. Marcy also discusses the tension at the Park Service between natural resources and cultural resources which ultimately led to her leaving the NPS. Hear about these issues and much more! Donate to America Adapts Other Topics covered: Is time more important than resources? When do historic sites stop making history? Climate change is a threat multiplier for cultural history. Has the NPS ever let a park or resource 'go' due to climate change? Some historic sites are 'frozen in time' but climate change may allow them to start making history again. Should we let Ft. Jefferson in Florida fall apart into the sea? Tension at NPS on natural resources versus historic preservation. Natural resource parks and cultural resources parks are sometimes treated in a gender oriented way. Nat resources the masculine, cultural the more feminine. History of the cultural resources memo at NPS and what went into it. Links in this episode: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/climatechange/upload/NPS-2016_Cultural-Resoures-Climate-Change-Strategy.pdf https://grist.org/article/national-park-service-climate-change-jamestown/ https://medium.com/@marcyrockman/how-to-pack-a-cultural-suitcase-d8c02a6c455d https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/417022-head-of-nps-climate-change-adaption-program-resigns https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aRl9tgTW3-XCEjNOtfxp2XG6ZpIs_BSv/view https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2018/11/nps-climate-change-adaptation-head-quits-over-lack-support Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom – All episode discussion guides available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @marcyrockman Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Apr 8, 2019 • 1h 9min
Tribes, Indigenous People and the False Urgency of Climate Adaptation with Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte
In episode 87 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte. Kyle is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Community Sustainability and a faculty affiliate of the American Indian & Indigenous Studies and Environmental Science & Policy programs at Michigan State University. Kyle is also an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Kyle and I discuss how indigenous people define urgency in the face of climate change, managed retreat for tribal communities, the national climate assessment and tribal issues, the sometimes controversial relationship between tribes and climate scientists, climate change's role in ongoing colonization of indigenous people, effective tribal engagement and much more in a fascinating and sometimes raw conversation. Donate to America Adapts Other Topics covered: Fundamentals of indigenous people and climate adaptation. Tribal people have historically 'adapted' to environmental change many times. What does managed retreat mean for tribal people? Is history repeating itself with displacing native people in response to climate change? Can existing tribal treaty rights be used as a legal tool to combat climate change? How did the recent national climate assessment do on tribal issues (hint: pretty well); Does tribal integrity help with adapting to climate change more effectively? For tribes, resilience is cultural and spiritual, and something always done by tribes. Indigenous people can define climate urgency and intrinsic value differently than western cultures. The challenges of tribal engagement, from both tribal perspective and western cultures. Does tribal 'bureaucracy' inhibit climate adaptation and partner building? The sometimes controversial relationship between tribes and climate scientists. Raw transcripts of this episode are available here. Links in this episode: https://risingvoices.ucar.edu/ https://kylewhyte.cal.msu.edu/climate-justice/ https://kylewhyte.cal.msu.edu/ https://kylewhyte.cal.msu.edu/about/ https://www.potawatomi.org/ Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom – All episode discussion guides available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @kylepowyswhyte Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Mar 27, 2019 • 34min
Dr. Michael Mann: Return of the Climate Jedi
He's back! In episode 86 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews famed climatologist Dr. Michael Mann. Dr. Mann is the author of the famous 'hockey stick' climate research that has become one of the iconic images in the climate movement. This is Dr. Mann's second appearance on America Adapts. In this episode, we discuss: winning the Tyler Prize (the environmental equivalent of the Nobel Prize); the quickly emerging issue of climate adaptation; Trump's climate policies being worse than our worst case predictions; academic freedom and climate denial; the new generation of outspoken climate scientists and the worldwide climate youth movement! Donate to America Adapts Other Topics covered: Discussing the Tyler Prize and his co winner Dr. Warren Washington, a trailblazer in climate modeling. Discussing people living with climate impacts today and how that undermines President Trump's climate skepticism. Climate trolls and how to counter them. Climate deniers harassment has led to a new generation of battle ready climate scientists. Trump administration burying the National Climate Assessment. Appointing skeptics and why universities protect the few climate skeptics with PhDs. How the issue of adaptation has become more prominent for climate scientists. Mann wants America Adapts to interview Donald Trump! And finally the exciting development of the Youth climate movement! Subscribe to America Adapts, text "adapters" to 31996! Links in this episode: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/updates/mann-tyler.cfm https://news.psu.edu/story/558486/2019/02/12/research/michael-mann-awarded-2019-tyler-prize-environmental-achievement https://www.ucsusa.org/how-fossil-fuel-industry-harassed-climate-scientist-michael-mann http://www.michaelmann.net/ Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available below. Episode 83 discussion guides available here. This episode is especially relevant for workforce trainings, be sure to check it out! Episode 82 with Signe Nielsen (New York Adapts to Climate Change) Discussion Guide here. For a list of general questions that we believe are useful for classroom discussions about podcast more generally, see the exemplar guide available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @MichaelEMann Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Mar 11, 2019 • 2h 7min
Climate Change Podcasters Unite! 8 Climate Pods, 8 Amazing Stories!
In episode 85 of America Adapts – a true event episode - Doug Parsons interviews the hosts of some of your favorite climate change podcasts! Warm Regards, Climactic, No Place Like Home, Climate Ready, Climate One, The Climate and Security Podcast, MIT's Climate Conversations and Reversing Climate change all join Doug on the pod to share their stories. Learn what inspired them to start their podcasts, the types of guests they host and their insight on why podcasts are a great platform to create awareness around climate change. This episode will truly inspire you as you go behind the scenes on what it takes to host a climate podcast. The hosts are scientists, journalists, activists and educators, all bringing their unique style to their shows. For the first time in a podcast, a single episode highlights some of your favorite climate podcasters. You're going to love this episode! Podcasters, in order of appearance: Warm Regards (02:02) with host Jacquelyn Gill Listen on Apple Podcasts Climactic (17:52) with Mark Spencer and Rich Bowden Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify The Climate and Security Podcast (34:31) with Sweta Chakraborty Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify No Place Like Home (48:00) with Anna Jane Joyner & Mary Anne Hitt Listen on Apple Podcasts Climate Ready (1:06) with Ingrid Timboe and Alex Mauroner Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Climate Conversations (1:21) with MIT's Curt Newton Listen on Apple Podcasts Reversing Climate Change (1:33) with Ross Kenyon Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Climate One (1:46) with Greg Dalton Listen on Apple Podcasts Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @ourwarmregards @JacquelynGill @maryannehitt @nplhpodcast https://twitter.com/nplhpodcast https://twitter.com/annajanejoyner @ClimateMIT @qwertnewto @climateone Donate to America Adapts Subscribe to America Adapts, text "adapters" to 31996! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available below. Episode 84 discussion guides available here. Episode 83 discussion guides available here. This episode is especially relevant for workforce trainings, be sure to check it out! Episode 82 with Signe Nielsen (New York Adapts to Climate Change) Discussion Guide here. For a list of general questions that we believe are useful for classroom discussions about podcast more generally, see the exemplar guide available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Feb 25, 2019 • 1h 9min
The State of Adaptation and Climate Adaptation Finance with Harvard's Jesse Keenan
In episode 84 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Jesse Keenan, from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Jesse recently published a book Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment in California. Also, Jesse answers questions from listeners on the general "State of Adaptation." Topics covered in this episode: adaptation finance, understanding 'maladaptation', differences between finance and funding; social equity and much, much more! Donate to America Adapts Other Topics covered: Defining the field of climate finance relating to adaptation. What we give up by not adapting. California's approach to mitigation and adaptation Financing large scale climate communications. Social equity and the opportunity adaptation provides. The current state of climate change podcasts and much, much more! The role of foundations in experimenting in adaptation planning. Disaster capitalism and could we see an Enron type situation in adaptation. Subscribe to America Adapts, text "adapters" to 31996! Links in this episode: https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Adaptation-Finance-and-Investment-in-California/Keenan/p/book/9780367026073 https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/person/jesse-keenan/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA80pmg4pGc https://scholar.harvard.edu/jessemkeenan/videos Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available below. Episode 83 discussion guides available here. This episode is especially relevant for workforce trainings, be sure to check it out! Episode 82 with Signe Nielsen (New York Adapts to Climate Change) Discussion Guide here. For a list of general questions that we believe are useful for classroom discussions about podcast more generally, see the exemplar guide available here. "Watch" America Adapts on the Climate Monitor tv channel. For more information, here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org @Jesse_M_Keenan Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Feb 11, 2019 • 1h 11min
To Sue or Not to Sue: Legal Liability and Climate Adaptation with the Conservation Law Foundation
In episode 83 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews planner Deanna Moran and environmental lawyer, Elena Mihaly, from the Conservation Law Foundation. Deanna and Elena come on to talk about their new report, Climate Adaptation and Legal Liability. Other topics include: current court cases relevant to adaptation and climate change; using legal liability as a tool to affect policy decisions; the need to update building codes to reflect climate threats; what industries and sectors are most vulnerable to adaptation litigation and how will the legal system evolve with adaptation court cases. These topics and much, much more! Subscribe to America Adapts, text "adapters" to 31996! Donate to America Adapts Topics covered: Using legal liability to change social behavior. History of their adaptation and liability report How the law will impact the diversity of sectors involved with adaptation. New climate tools make it easier to use this type of evidence in court cases. Discuss current Exxon case before the courts involving adaptation planning. What sectors in society will have to be most sensitive to climate liability. Why targeting the building codes is a strategic way to deal with climate liability. Why do court cases take so long and will that be too late to affect adaptation? The resignation of PG&E CEO and the role of adaptation liability in that decision. Links in this episode: https://www.clf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/GRC_CLF_Report_R8.pdf https://www.clf.org/about/our-team/deanna-moran/ https://www.clf.org/about/our-team/elena-mihaly/ https://dirt.asla.org/2018/11/08/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-liability/ Previous Episode of America Adapts mentioned in this episode, "You Can't Handle the Truth: Sea Level Rise and the Law. Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available here. Episode 82 with Signe Nielsen (New York Adapts to Climate Change) Discussion Guide here. For a list of general questions that we believe are useful for classroom discussions about podcast more generally, see the exemplar guide available here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Jan 28, 2019 • 1h 6min
New York, New York: The Big Apple Adapts to Climate Change
In episode 82 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Signe Nielsen, a landscape architect based in New York City. Signe has been working on projects in NYC for decades and we discuss how climate change adaptation is being addressed in the city. We discuss the impact of Superstorm Sandy and the challenges of keeping people safe and ensuring the people of New York are not cut off from the coasts by rising seas and rising sea walls. We also talk about managed retreat, rethinking ecological systems, the new ethics of climate change for landscape architects and much, much more! Subscribe to America Adapts, text "adapters" to 31996! Donate to America Adapts Topics covered: The 3 basic principles for designing for the future. The long term impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York's infrastructure and psyche. What sea level rise means for a landscape architect. Pondering NYC's future with sea walls surrounding the city. The role of the city's Public Design Commission in dealing with climate change. How to navigate the climate change adaptation bureaucracy in NYC. The history of Pier 42 and the challenges of community engagement on this project. Managed retreat and it's future in NYC. Will NYC need to rethink what a natural system is in regards to coastlines. What do landscape architect programs need for a new generation of professionals. Are they factoring in climate change? Should landscape architects adhere to a climate change ethical code? Signe's Model Adaptation Project mentioned in the episode: http://www.pier55.com/ Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Podcasts in the Classroom - Use this episode in your classroom, discussion guides available here. Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.orgInstagram: america_adapts Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! Links in this episode: https://www.aiany.org/news/climate-change-in-nyc-bridging-science-and-practice/ https://www.mnlandscape.com/people/signe_nielsen https://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/case-study-complexity https://dirt.asla.org/2017/11/14/five-years-after-superstorm-sandy-is-new-york-city-better-prepared-for-the-next-storm/ http://www.downtownexpress.com/2015/03/26/signe-nielsen/ The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisorhttp://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ Directions on how to listen to America Adapts on Amazon Alexahttps://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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Apple Podcasts! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com

Jan 14, 2019 • 1h 9min
Flood Management: Nature Based Approaches and International Collaborations
Subscribe to America Adapts, text "adapters" to 31996! In episode 81 of America Adapts - the third in a 4-part flooding series sponsored by World Wildlife Fund - Doug Parsons attends the Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) Symposium in Santa Cruz, California. The Symposium was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering, with disaster and flooding experts participating from all over the world. Doug and Anita Van Breda, of World Wildlife Fund, interviewed these experts on topics ranging from nature based solutions, community engagement, to the history the Army Corps. We also visited some field sites to learn about on the ground adaptation efforts in the San Francisco Bay area. Donate to America Adapts Topics covered: The role of Nature based solutions in flood risk management. The critical role of community and stakeholder engagement. History of flood management with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Collaborating with international partners on nature based solutions to flooding. International examples of disasters and community engagement. On the ground adaptation examples of sea level rise mitigation. The "how tos" of community engagement. Developing guidelines for nature based solutions to climate change and flooding. Experts in this episode: Anita Van Breda, WWF Dr. Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Enda Murphy, Senior Marine Infrastructure Research Engineer, National Research Council Canada Dr. Cath Brooks, Senior Engagement Adviser, Flood and Coastal Risk Management, Environment Agency, United Kingdom Dr. Maria Dillard, Research Social Scientist with Community Resilience Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology Executive Producer Anita Van Breda, World Wildlife Fund Donate to America Adapts Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android Doug Parsons and Speaking Opportunities: If you are interested in having Doug speak at corporate and conference events, sharing his unique, expert perspective on adaptation in an entertaining and informative way, more information can be found here! Now on Spotify! List of Previous Guests on America Adapts Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts. Facebook and Twitter: @EnviroDM @WWF @WWFUS @usaadapts https://www.facebook.com/americaadapts/timeline www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! Links in this episode: https://www.worldwildlife.org/experts/anita-van-breda Flood Green Guide: http://envirodm.org/flood-management https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/bios/bio_bridges_todd.html https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-with-natural-processes-to-reduce-flood-risk https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/nnbf.html The best climate change podcasts on The Climate Advisor http://theclimateadvisor.com/the-best-climate-change-podcasts/ 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. Podcast Music produce by Richard Haitz Productions Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we're also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com


