Emma Howard Boyd On The London Climate Resilience Review
London has sustained a barrage of climate shocks in recent years – from devastating heat waves to flash flooding and a string of "rain bombs". The metropolis has to defend itself against these shocks....
29 Okt 202447min
Adam Freed On Climate-Proofing Cities
City leaders are up to their necks in climate risks. They need help to harden their people and places against floods, storms, and heat waves. Why not call Adam Freed? Today's Climate Proofers guest is...
22 Okt 202443min
Michael Jacobs On Accelerating Climate Tech
Cities are magnets for climate risks. We've designed metropolises that intensify hazards like floods and extreme heat, and have to nurture and scale solutions to address their impacts – fast. Hence th...
15 Okt 202430min
Alan Leung On Climate Risks To Geopolitics And Security
Climate change is injecting volatility into geopolitics, with worrying implications for international relations and the (already fraying) rules-based order. Physical climate risks also have the potent...
8 Okt 202440min
Thomas Mortlock On Cat Model Misunderstandings
Catastrophe (or 'cat') models are essential tools for estimating losses from natural disasters. With the rise of climate risk management as a discipline in its own right, efforts are underway to harne...
1 Okt 202448min
Kathryn Brown On Adapting Wildlife Habitats & The UK Climate Change Committee
Kathryn Brown is a true climate adaptation veteran. For the last three years, she's been tackling climate change impacts with The Wildlife Trusts, a federation of UK charities focused on making a posi...
24 Sep 202441min
Bill Green On Investing In Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
Bill Green is a veteran infrastructure investor, one who understands that we need to change our approach to building (and financing) the basic facilities and systems that undergird our daily lives in ...
17 Sep 202436min
Kathy Baughman McLeod On Building Climate Resilience For All
Extreme heat wrecks lives and livelihoods throughout the Global South. Women are especially vulnerable to high temperatures because of an array of physiological, cultural, and economic factors – but a...
10 Sep 202435min
