Extreme Heat, Beavers, and Rethinking How We Tell the Climate Story — with PBS's Miles O'Brien
In episode 260 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons talks with veteran science journalist Miles O'Brien , host of the new PBS series Resolv...
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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 week, Doug sits down wit...
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Summer Grab Bag: No, Disasters Aren't "Natural" + Microinfrastructure, Heat and Adaptation Lessons from the Global South
In episode 259 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons brings together two conversations for an end-of-summer adaptation grab bag. First, Doug...
Beyond Adaptation Plans: Measuring Success in the Next Era of Federal Climate Adaptation
In episode 258 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons speaks with Dr. Bryan Hubbell , Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future and former EP...
Extreme Heat: The Deadliest Climate Hazard Is Also the Most Invisible with Dr. Ladd Keith
In episode 257 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons speaks with Dr. Ladd Keith , associate professor of planning at the University of Arizo...
The Greatest Story Never Told: Making Climate Adaptation Visible
In this special episode of America Adapts (256), host Doug Parsons brings together leading voices from journalism, filmmaking, philanthropy,...
How Football (soccer!) Plans to Adapt to a Hotter World
In episode 255 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons speaks with Elliot Arthur-Worsop , founder and director of Football for Future, about h...
Meet the Adapters: Conversations from the National Adaptation Forum
In episode 254 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons heads to the National Adaptation Forum to meet some of the people shaping the future of...
The FOMO Problem: Why Climate Adaptation Still Isn't Scaling with Shalini Vajjhala
In episode 253 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons speaks with Dr. Shalini Vajjhala , Executive Director of The Pre-Collective, about why...
Need Some Climate Inspiration? Head North to Canada
In episode 252 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons travels to the University of New Brunswick in Canada, where he keynoted an undergraduat...
Climate Adaptation Is Having a Moment—But Are We Ready?
In episode 251 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons speaks with Jamil Wyne , founder of Hazelwood Network, to explore whether climate adapt...
Can Climate Adaptation Prevent Environmental Extremism—or Just Delay It?
In episode 250 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons speaks with Dr. Thomas Zeitzoff , professor at American University and author of No Opt...
An Uninsurable Country: What Rising Climate Risk Means for Homeowners with NRDC
In episode 249 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons takes a deep dive into the growing climate-driven insurance crisis reshaping housing an...
The Endangerment Finding Explained — and What It Means for Climate Adaptation
In episode 248 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons is joined by Professor Mark Nevitt of Emory University School of Law to unpack the repe...
Advancing Adaptation with the McKinsey Global Institute
In episode 247 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Mekala Krishnan , partner at the McKinsey Global Institute , for an inside lo...
Public Participation and Climate Adaptation in China
In episode 246 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Shiran Victoria Shen , assistant professor at Washington University in St. Lo...
The Heat Will Still Kill You First with Jeff Goodell
In episode 245 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons is joined by legendary climate journalist Jeff Goodell , author of The Heat Will Kill Y...
Arizona's Climate Change Adaptation Playbook: Heat, Water, Wildfire
In episode 244 of America Adapts , we adapt in the southwest! Welcome to the desert proving ground for climate adaptation. In my home state...
North: The Future of Post-Climate America
In episode 243 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons welcomes back recurring guest and leading adaptation scholar Dr. Jesse M. Keenan to dis...
FEMA at a Crossroads: What's Breaking, What's Working, and What Comes Next with NRDC
In episode 242 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons checks in on FEMA at a moment of rapid change. With funding delays, political uncertain...
The Federal Climate Retreat and the Rise of a New Adaptation Ecosystem
In episode 241 of America Adapts , host Doug Parsons explores what happens when federal climate services retreat—and a new adaptation ecosys...