Sonam Velani On Why Cities Are The Frontlines Of Climate Adaptation
Cities are getting hammered by climate shocks. These concrete jungles are highly exposed to extreme weather events and slow-onset climatic changes — from wildfires (Los Angeles) to floods (Nashville, ...
8 Apr 202544min
Theo Bachrach On Championing Corporate Climate Resilience
Theo Bachrach is a resilience professional par excellence. Over the last five years, he's worked for not one, not two, but three organizations with 'Resilience' in the title, and helped coordinate a U...
1 Apr 202545min
Oliver Wing On the Future of Flood Risk Modeling
What if we could map every river, every coastline, and every floodplain on Earth — and use that knowledge to build a more climate-resilient future? It sounds ambitious, but this is exactly what UK-bas...
25 Mars 202540min
Carolyn Kousky On Building Resilience Through Insurance
Dr. Carolyn Kousky is a true believer in the power of insurance for building climate resilience. So much so that she recently founded Insurance for Good, a new nonprofit dedicated to harnessing insura...
18 Mars 202545min
Avinash Persaud On Unlocking Development Banks' Potential For Adaptation
Avinash Persaud isn't afraid to tell the hard truths on adaptation finance. At a conference in Brasilia last month, the Special Advisor on Climate Risks to the President of the Inter-American Developm...
11 Mars 202552min
Sadie Frank On Supply Chain Risks In A Climate-Adjusted World
Supply chains are the "veins of the economy", says Sadie Frank, Co-Founder of N4EA, a startup working to make these more resilient to escalating climate risks. Like veins in the human body, they are e...
4 Mars 202545min
Stephen Hammer On The New York Climate Exchange
New York is a truly world-leading city. Finance, tech, education — the Big Apple has it all, and attracts talent from across the globe because of its well-earned status as the place where You Can Make...
25 Feb 202540min
Clare Ballantine & Isona Shibata On Philanthropy's Role In Adaptation Finance
How can philanthropy bridge the massive funding gap in climate adaptation? In this episode, Clare Ballantine, Head of the Howden Foundation, and Isona Shibata, Head of International Programs at Ashden...
18 Feb 202534min
