Climate Proofers
Episodes
Jorge Gastelumendi On Climate Games, Chief Heat Officers, And Reshaping Resilience
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How can video games drive climate resilience? Could Minecraft and Fortnite teach kids (and adults) about adapting to extreme temperatures and other pu...
Frank Frievalt On America's Wildfire Nightmare
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the Los Angeles fires continue to rage, the debate on what should be done — and indeed what can be done — to prepare and protect communiti...
Frank Frievalt On America's Wildfire Nightmare
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While the Los Angeles fires continue to rage, the debate on what should be done — and indeed what can be done — to prepare and protect communities...
Julia Kumari Drapkin On Crowdsourcing Climate Data
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's one thing all adaptation professionals agree on — we need more climate data. And better climate data. And climate data people can trust. But...
Julia Kumari Drapkin On Crowdsourcing Climate Data
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's one thing all adaptation professionals agree on — we need more climate data. And better climate data. And climate data people can trust. But...
Emilie Mazzacurati On Tailwind Climate's Adaptation Playbook
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate adaptation technology isn't getting a lot of love from markets right now. Extreme weather shocks may be on track to inflict some US$560bn or...
Emilie Mazzacurati On Tailwind Climate's Adaptation Playbook
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate adaptation technology isn't getting a lot of love from markets right now. Extreme weather shocks may be on track to inflict some US$560bn or s...
The Future of US Climate Adaptation & Resilience Under Trump 2.0
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Climate change" is likely to become taboo under the second Trump administration. The incoming president believes global warming to be a "hoax", and P...
The Future of US Climate Adaptation & Resilience Under Trump 2.0
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Climate change" is likely to become taboo under the second Trump administration. The incoming president believes global warming to be a "hoax", and P...
Jonathan Bowers On Building a Firetech Startup
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wildfires are on the rampage across North America. Canada and the US are battling blazes more often and for longer periods. This fall, wildfires have ...
Jonathan Bowers On Building a Firetech Startup
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wildfires are on the rampage across North America. Canada and the US are battling blazes more often and for longer periods. This fall, wildfires have ...
Ana Mulio Alvarez On COP29
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did COP29 advance (or obstruct) the climate adaptation agenda? While the conference produced a controversial new climate finance goal, this had ...
Ana Mulio Alvarez On COP29
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did COP29 advance (or obstruct) the climate adaptation agenda? While the conference produced a controversial new climate finance goal, this had li...
Julie Gorte On Investor Engagement With Adaptation
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investment professionals can't bury their heads in the sand when it comes to climate risks. Extreme weather shocks are inflicting billions in losses t...
Julie Gorte On Investor Engagement With Adaptation
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investment professionals can't bury their heads in the sand when it comes to climate risks. Extreme weather shocks are inflicting billions in losses t...
Nakita Devlin On The Promise Of Parametric Insurance
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Parametric insurance is all the rage in climate resilience circles. This is a financial product that pays out to policyholders upon a triggering event...
Nakita Devlin On The Promise Of Parametric Insurance
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Parametric insurance is all the rage in climate resilience circles. This is a financial product that pays out to policyholders upon a triggering event...
Valkyrie Holmes On Climate InsurTech
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The insurance industry is on the front lines of climate risk. In order to write profitable policies in high-risk zones, carriers need data and insight...
Valkyrie Holmes On Climate InsurTech
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The insurance industry is on the front lines of climate risk. In order to write profitable policies in high-risk zones, carriers need data and insight...
Emma Howard Boyd On The London Climate Resilience Review
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Emma Howard Boyd On The London Climate Resilience Review
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
Adam Freed On Climate-Proofing Cities
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 no...
Adam Freed On Climate-Proofing Cities
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Michael Jacobs On Accelerating Climate Tech
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cities are magnets for climate risks. We've designed metropolises that intensify hazards like floods and extreme heat, and have to nurture and scale s...
Michael Jacobs On Accelerating Climate Tech
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cities are magnets for climate risks. We've designed metropolises that intensify hazards like floods and extreme heat, and have to nurture and scale s...
Alan Leung On Climate Risks To Geopolitics And Security
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is injecting volatility into geopolitics, with worrying implications for international relations and the (already fraying) rules-based ...
Alan Leung On Climate Risks To Geopolitics And Security
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is injecting volatility into geopolitics, with worrying implications for international relations and the (already fraying) rules-based ...
Thomas Mortlock On Cat Model Misunderstandings
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catastrophe (or 'cat') models are essential tools for estimating losses from natural disasters. With the rise of climate risk management as a discipli...
Thomas Mortlock On Cat Model Misunderstandings
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catastrophe (or 'cat') models are essential tools for estimating losses from natural disasters. With the rise of climate risk management as a discipli...
Kathryn Brown On Adapting Wildlife Habitats & The UK Climate Change Committee
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Kathryn Brown On Adapting Wildlife Habitats & The UK Climate Change Committee
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Bill Green On Investing In Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Green is a veteran infrastructure investor, one who understands that we need to change our approach to building (and financing) the basic facilit...
Bill Green On Investing In Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Green is a veteran infrastructure investor, one who understands that we need to change our approach to building (and financing) the basic facilit...
Kathy Baughman McLeod On Building Climate Resilience For All
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme heat wrecks lives and livelihoods throughout the Global South. Women are especially vulnerable to high temperatures because of an array of phy...
Kathy Baughman McLeod On Building Climate Resilience For All
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme heat wrecks lives and livelihoods throughout the Global South. Women are especially vulnerable to high temperatures because of an array of phy...
Michael Berkowitz On Capturing the Resilience Dividend
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Berkowitz is spreading the gospel of climate resilience across academic disciplines, communities, and industries. As Executive Director of the...
Michael Berkowitz On Capturing the Resilience Dividend
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Berkowitz is spreading the gospel of climate resilience across academic disciplines, communities, and industries. As Executive Director of the...
Jay Koh On The 'Unavoidable Opportunity' Of Adaptation
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are few champions of the adaptation economy with a resume like Jay Koh. The storied investor racked up years in the financial industry before se...
Jay Koh On The 'Unavoidable Opportunity' Of Adaptation
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are few champions of the adaptation economy with a resume like Jay Koh. The storied investor racked up years in the financial industry before se...
John Robinson On Investing In Adaptation Tech
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is crucial in the effort to prepare for, and protect from, climate risks. However, we're still in the early stages of figuring out how to t...
John Robinson On Investing In Adaptation Tech
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is crucial in the effort to prepare for, and protect from, climate risks. However, we're still in the early stages of figuring out how to t...
Maëlis Carraro On Building A Climate Adaptation Venture Fund
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Africa is a magnet for climate risks – from floods to droughts to storms like Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which displaced half a million people in Mala...
Maëlis Carraro On Building A Climate Adaptation Venture Fund
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Africa is a magnet for climate risks – from floods to droughts to storms like Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which displaced half a million people in Mala...
Nancy Watkins On Climate Risk And The US Insurance Industry
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US home insurers suffered their worst underwriting loss this century in 2023, as claims came pouring in for storms, floods, wildfires, and more. Infla...
Nancy Watkins On Climate Risk And The US Insurance Industry
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US home insurers suffered their worst underwriting loss this century in 2023, as claims came pouring in for storms, floods, wildfires, and more. Infla...
Closing the Adaptation Capital Gap: Adapt Unbound 2024
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In May, climate proofers from across the world gathered in New York for Adapt Unbound USA, a pioneering conference on the emerging adaptation economy...
Closing the Adaptation Capital Gap: Adapt Unbound 2024
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In May, climate proofers from across the world gathered in New York for Adapt Unbound USA, a pioneering conference on the emerging adaptation economy....
Kit England on Adaptation at the Local Government Level (and Beyond)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adaptation planning is taking place at every level of the public realm. While national governments beaver away on country-wide adaptation plans, subna...
Kit England on Adaptation at the Local Government Level (and Beyond)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adaptation planning is taking place at every level of the public realm. While national governments beaver away on country-wide adaptation plans, subna...
Paul Munday on Corporate Adaptation Planning
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Proper planning prevents poor performance." It's a cheesy axiom, but one that happens to be correct. With extreme weather events on the rise, and slo...
Paul Munday on Corporate Adaptation Planning
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Proper planning prevents poor performance." It's a cheesy axiom, but one that happens to be correct. With extreme weather events on the rise, and slo...
Ujala Qadir on the Climate Bonds Initiative's Resilience Taxonomy
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a mantra all climate proofers are probably tired of repeating: adaptation needs are enormous, we need much more capital to flow into climate-proo...
Ujala Qadir on the Climate Bonds Initiative's Resilience Taxonomy
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a mantra all climate proofers are probably tired of repeating: adaptation needs are enormous, we need much more capital to flow into climate-proo...
Seb Tranæus on the climate adaptation technology landscape
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate adaptation technology is the hot investment theme that has in-the-know investors salivating. After all, we know the world is going to get hott...
Seb Tranæus on the climate adaptation technology landscape
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate adaptation technology is the hot investment theme that has in-the-know investors salivating. After all, we know the world is going to get hott...
Craig Davies on the adaptation-financial regulation nexus
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Financial regulators are no strangers to climate change. Over the last decade, a large number of them have taken steps to enforce mandatory climate di...
Craig Davies on the adaptation-financial regulation nexus
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Financial regulators are no strangers to climate change. Over the last decade, a large number of them have taken steps to enforce mandatory climate di...
Morgan Richmond on tracking adaptation finance flows
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A trillion here, a billion there... climate finance is a study in big numbers, but it's important to look beyond the top-line figures to really unders...
Morgan Richmond on tracking adaptation finance flows
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A trillion here, a billion there... climate finance is a study in big numbers, but it's important to look beyond the top-line figures to really unders...
Dr Nicola Ranger on nature, adaptation, and the financial sector
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In climate adaptation finance land, there are few experts as productive and well-connected as Dr Nicola Ranger, a director at the University of Oxford...
Dr Nicola Ranger on nature, adaptation, and the financial sector
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In climate adaptation finance land, there are few experts as productive and well-connected as Dr Nicola Ranger, a director at the University of Oxford...
Eugene Montoya on building coastal resiliency
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate risks are coming for our coastal cities. It's a threat that demands a full bore response, marshalling technical, financial, and community reso...
Eugene Montoya on building coastal resiliency
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate risks are coming for our coastal cities. It's a threat that demands a full bore response, marshalling technical, financial, and community reso...
Sabrina Nagel on changing attitudes toward adaptation finance
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate adaptation & resilience investments have a public perception problem. Investors struggle to see the opportunities associated with climate-proo...
Sabrina Nagel on changing attitudes toward adaptation finance
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Climate adaptation & resilience investments have a public perception problem. Investors struggle to see the opportunities associated with climate-proo...