In episode 249 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons takes a deep dive into the growing climate-driven insurance crisis reshaping housing and communities across the United States. Doug first speaks with Rob Moore and Alfonso Pating of the Natural Resources Defense Council about their new reports on the nation's emerging insurability crisis—why premiums are rising, insurers are retreating from high-risk areas, and what state policies can do to reduce risk and keep homes insurable. Then filmmaker George Siegal joins the show to discuss his documentary Built to Last: Buyer Beware, which reveals how many American homes are simply not built to withstand the disasters they face. Together, these conversations connect the dots between climate risk, insurance markets, and the way we build our communities—showing how insurance is becoming one of the clearest warning signals of climate change in action.

https://www.americaadapts.org/episodes/an-uninsurable-country-what-rising-climate-risk-means-for-homeowners

Experts in this Episode:

Rob Moore - Director of the Climate Adaptation Division at NRDC

Alfonso Pating - Global financial regulations specialist with NRDC.

George Siegal - Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Director, Producer and owner of Move the World Films

• What an "insurability crisis" is—and why it's emerging across the U.S.

• Why premiums are rising, policies are disappearing, and insurers are pulling back

• What makes a home insurable: risk, location, and construction

• The role of states in shaping insurance markets, building codes, and land use

• How FAIR Plans work and why they're rapidly expanding

• Whether FAIR Plans can become tools for resilience, not just backstops

• How insurance markets are acting as a signal of climate risk

• Why many homes are not built to withstand today's disasters

• The tension between affordability and resilient construction

• What this all means for the future of housing and adaptation

• How insurance markets are responding to climate risk

• The role of states in shaping insurance, building codes, and land use

• The connection between housing, affordability, and resilience

• Insurance as an economic signal of climate change

• Professors are welcome to assign this episode or excerpts in syllabi

• Climate adaptation and resilience professionals

• State and local officials focused on housing, risk, and planning

• Urban planners and developers working in high-risk areas

• Insurance and finance professionals tracking climate risk

• Climate communicators and educators explaining these shifts

Transcript of Rob Moore and Alfonso Pating interview avaible here.

Transcript of George Siegal interview available here.

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An Uninsurable Country https://www.nrdc.org/resources/uninsurable-country

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In episode 248 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons is joined by Professor Mark Nevitt of Emory University School of Law to unpack the repeal of the Clean Air Act's Endangerment Finding and what it means for climate governance in the United States. Long considered the legal backbone of federal climate regulation, its rescission raises fundamental questions about agency authority, the role of the courts, and the durability of federal climate policy. Mark explains the legal theory behind the repeal, how it intersects with Supreme Court precedent, and what likely comes next in federal court. The conversation also explores the practical implications of regulatory instability — from increased climate litigation to the shifting balance between federal, state, and local responsibility. For listeners working in adaptation, public policy, infrastructure, law, or risk management, this episode offers a clear look at how legal shifts at the federal level can reshape the broader climate landscape — and why adaptation efforts must continue regardless of political volatility.

Transcript for this episode here.

Key Themes Covered in This Episode

• What the Endangerment Finding actually did under the Clean Air Act
• Why Massachusetts v. EPA mattered
• The legal basis for the repeal
• How the repeal affects federal climate regulation
• The role of the Supreme Court and administrative law
• What happens next in federal court
• More emissions and rising adaptation costs
• States and cities filling the federal vacuum
• The growing role of climate litigation
• Adaptation continuing — but in a more fragmented system

Previous appearances by Mark Nevitt on America Adapts

Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat: How to Break the Climate Disaster Cycle with Mark Nevitt

Climate Change and the Legal System: Why the U.S. Constitution Needs to Adapt with Law Professor Mark Nevitt

Climate Adaptation Predictions for 2025: What the Experts Say

For Educators & Students

• The structure and limits of federal agency authority
• The interaction between executive action and judicial review
• How Supreme Court doctrine reshapes environmental governance
• Federalism and the division of climate authority between states and Washington
• Legal uncertainty and its impact on infrastructure and long-term planning
• Climate governance in periods of institutional instability
• The evolving role of courts in climate policy disputes
• Risk management when regulatory frameworks shift abruptly
• Professors are welcome to assign this episode or excerpts in syllabi.

Who Should Listen to This Episode

• Climate adaptation and resilience professionals navigating shifting federal policy
• State and local government officials responsible for long-term planning
• Urban and regional planners integrating climate risk into infrastructure decisions
• Insurance, reinsurance, and financial sector professionals assessing regulatory volatility
• Corporate risk, legal, and strategy teams tracking climate governance shifts
• Environmental law and public policy scholars following administrative law developments
• Funders and foundations evaluating the durability of climate investments
• Climate communicators explaining governance instability to broader audiences

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In episode 247 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Mekala Krishnan, partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, for an inside look at how one of the world's most influential private research institutions is approaching climate adaptation. Drawing from MGI's recent report, Advancing Adaptation, the conversation explores what it would actually cost to protect people and economies from escalating heat, flooding, drought, and wildfire — and why investment still falls short even when the economic case is strong.. The discussion also examines how ideas developed within a private firm travel into real-world decision-making, and why governance, leadership, and awareness remain critical to ensuring that new data and tools translate into action. For listeners working at the intersection of climate risk, finance, infrastructure, and policy, this episode offers a clear view into how the private sector is framing adaptation — and what that framing could mean for the future of the field.

Transcript of episode available here.

Key Themes Covered in This Episode

• Why the McKinsey Global Institute is focusing on adaptation now
• What it costs to respond to rising physical climate risk
• The resiliency gap and why investment remains insufficient
• How climate risk is entering mainstream economic thinking
• What large-scale adaptation models include — and exclude
• Governance, leadership, and awareness as scaling constraints
• The need for shared language between public and private actors

Links & Resources from This Episode

Advancing adaptation: How evolving hazards could shape the agenda

Dr. Mekala Krishnan

Ten key requirements for a systemic approach to climate adaptation

For Educators & Students

This episode is well-suited for courses on climate adaptation, environmental economics, climate risk management, corporate sustainability, public policy, or infrastructure finance.

Key themes include physical risk modeling, cost-benefit analysis, capital allocation, governance constraints, and the expanding role of the private sector in adaptation.

Professors are welcome to assign this episode or excerpts in syllabi.

Who Should Listen to This Episode

• Climate adaptation and resilience practitioners
• Corporate sustainability, risk, and strategy professionals
• Urban and regional planners working on long-term resilience
• Insurance, finance, and reinsurance professionals
• Researchers and students studying climate governance or environmental economics
• Government staff involved in adaptation planning
• Funders interested in scaling adaptation solutions
• Climate communicators bridging public and private perspectives

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In episode 246 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons hosts Dr. Shiran Victoria Shen, assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, for a closer look at how climate adaptation actually emerges in China. Drawing on her research after the devastating 2021 Henan flood, Shen shows how public demand for adaptation surged—not through climate change language, but through calls for safety, infrastructure, and risk reduction, often using formal government channels. The conversation highlights adaptation as a lived governance issue rather than an ideological one, and surfaces practical lessons about public participation, the limits of top-down approaches, and what governments everywhere tend to respond to when climate risk becomes impossible to ignore.

Transcript of interview here.

Key Themes Covered in This Episode

• How public demand for climate adaptation emerges after extreme disasters
• Why people often ask for adaptation without using "climate change" language
• The 2021 Henan flood as a national turning point for adaptation awareness in China
• Public participation and formal governance channels, including the Local Leaders' Message Board
• Differences between adaptation and mitigation from a governance perspective
• The limits of top-down adaptation and where citizen influence realistically ends
• What adaptation in China reveals about public engagement globally
• Lessons for policymakers, planners, and communicators working outside the U.S.

Links & Resources from This Episode

• Shiran Victoria Shen – Faculty Page (Washington University in St. Louis)
• The 2021 Henan flood increased citizen demand for government-led climate change adaptation in China
• Shiran Victoria Shen – Research & Publications
• Dialogue Earth article: How the Chinese public is engaging in climate adaptation
• China's National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (latest version)
• Background on the 2021 Henan Flood

For Educators & Students

• This episode is well-suited for courses on climate adaptation, environmental governance, public policy, or comparative politics.
• Key themes include public participation, disaster response, adaptation without climate language, and institutional limits.
• Professors are welcome to assign this episode or excerpts in syllabi.

Who Should Listen to This Episode

• Climate adaptation and resilience practitioners
• Urban and regional planners working on risk, infrastructure, or public engagement
• Researchers and students studying climate governance, adaptation, or comparative policy
• Government staff and policymakers involved in disaster response or long-term planning
• Funders and foundations interested in how public demand shapes adaptation outcomes
• Climate communicators looking to move beyond technical or ideological framing
• Anyone interested in how climate adaptation is unfolding outside the United States

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In episode 245 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons is joined by legendary climate journalist Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet for a conversation about what's happened since the book came out — and what hasn't. Extreme heat is no longer a future risk or a background climate issue; it's a present-day killer that exposes deep failures in public health, labor protections, urban design, and climate communication. We also talk about how recent political shifts have pushed the U.S. further backward on heat response, weakening protections and leaving communities more exposed just as the risks accelerate. This isn't a book recap — it's a reckoning with the legacy of the warning, and why heat will still kill first if we keep refusing to take it seriously.

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In episode 244 of America Adapts, we adapt in the southwest! Welcome to the desert proving ground for climate adaptation. In my home state of Arizona—Phoenix, Tucson, and Flagstaff—we get right down on the ground to see how communities are beating extreme heat, planning responsibly for water in a changing climate, and living with wildfire risk without losing what makes these places home. You'll hear street-level fixes that change daily life—and travel anywhere—plus a clear playbook cities can steal now: run the hottest months smarter, put shade where people actually stand and walk, and build the partnerships that keep projects alive. We also spotlight the next wave of adaptation pros coming out of Arizona's universities and city halls—real careers, real impact. If it works in the desert, parts of it can work where you live. Made possible by generous support from the CO2 Foundation.

Experts in this Episode:

• Dr. Ladd Keith – Associate Professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona - interview transcript

• Fatima Luna – Chief Resilience Officer City of Tucson - interview transcript

• Blue Baldwin – Storm to Shade Program Manager at Tucson Water for the City of Tucson - interview transcript

• Alekzander Ryan - Heat Resilience Initiative, Southwest Integrated Field Laboratory - interview transcript

• David Hondula - Director of Heat Response and Mitigation for the City of Phoenix - interview transcript

• Ryan Stevens – Engineering manager with the City of Phoenix - interview transcript

• Nicole P. Antonopoulos – Sustainability Director City of Flagstaff Sustainability Office - interview transcript

• Victoria Joseph and Leona Davis - University of Arizona's Institute for Resilience - interview transcript

This episode was generously sponsored by the CO2 Foundation.

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https://www.awwa.org/AWWA-Articles/tucsons-storm-to-shade-program-creates-a-cooler-city/

https://www.flagstaff.az.gov/4687/Meet-the-Sustainability-Team

https://www.phoenix.gov/administration/departments/heat/heat-response-programs/heat-response-plan.html

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/phoenix-fights-urban-heat-with-expanding-cool-pavement-program-that-lowers-street-temperatures

https://www.phoenix.gov/content/dam/phoenix/oepsite/documents/climate/Heat.CAPWorkshops%202025%20AllSlides.pdf

https://www.coolseal.com/blog/az-family

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In episode 243 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons welcomes back recurring guest and leading adaptation scholar Dr. Jesse M. Keenan to discuss his new book, North: The Future of Post-Climate America (Oxford Univesity Press). Keenan examines how the United States is already changing through mobility, shifting markets, governance pressures, and evolving cultural identities. Doug and Jesse unpack why adaptation is not just a set of technical responses to climate impacts but a broader transformation in how communities understand stability, opportunity, and belonging. They explore the limits of local governments, the growing influence of market-led adaptation, and the emotional and political tensions surrounding places like Florida. The discussion also touches on Keenan's fictional leap into 2079, using storytelling to highlight where current trends may lead. A central theme emerges: adaptation is an emerging sector still defining its identity, and this book offers a way to think more clearly about that evolution. If your work intersects with climate, planning, housing, finance, or governance, this episode offers a fresh lens on what climate adaptation means for America's future.

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Jesse Keenan

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Ben Preston paper referenced by Jesse KeenanClimate adaptation heuristics and the science/policy divide https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11027-013-9503-x

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In episode 242 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons checks in on FEMA at a moment of rapid change. With funding delays, political uncertainty, and major reforms underway, FEMA's role in national resilience is shifting in real time. Doug speaks with four guests — Joel Scata (NRDC), Michael Coen (former FEMA Chief of Staff), Samantha Medlock (former FEMA Assistant Administrator), and Derrick Hiebert (AECOM) — to unpack what's happening inside the agency, where communities are feeling the impacts, and what potential improvements could emerge from this period of transition. It's a candid, timely look at the future of FEMA and the evolving landscape of climate adaptation in the United States.

Experts in this Episode:

• Joel Scata – Senior Attorney, Environmental Health – Natural Resources Defense Council - transcript

• Michael Coen – Former Chief Of Staff at FEMA - transcript

• Samantha Medlock – Founder and Principal – Climate Risk Advisors - transcript

• Derrick Hiebert – Infrastructure Resilience Practice Leader - AECOM - transcript

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In episode 241 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons explores what happens when federal climate services retreat—and a new adaptation ecosystem rises to fill the gaps. As agencies like NOAA, FEMA, and EPA scale back their climate work, adaptation professionals are turning to emerging climate-service innovators for the tools, data, and guidance they need. We kick off with Dr. Jesse Keenan framing the big-picture implications of this federal pullback, then hear from leaders at Climate.us, EcoAdapt, the Georgetown Climate Center and Probable Futures, who are stepping forward with practical solutions. This episode highlights the essential adaptation tools available right now, the people building them, and why decentralized innovation may be one of the most hopeful developments in the field today.

This episode was generously sponsored by the CO2 Foundation.

Experts in this Episode:

• Dr. Jesse Keenan - Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning at Tulane University (transcript)
• Rebecca Lindsey – Editor at Climate.us (transcript)
• Annie Bennett - Associate Director for the Adaptation Program with the Georgetown Climate Center (transcript)
• Alison Smart - Executive Director, Probable Futures (transcript)
• Deb Rudnick, Ph.D. - Senior Scientist at EcoAdapt (transcript)

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In episode 240 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with reporter Terry Jones about the tangled story behind America's first federally funded climate relocation on Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles. Once hailed as a model for how the nation could move entire communities out of harm's way, the project became mired in politics, confusion, and broken promises. Terry shares what he uncovered on the ground — from residents who never wanted to leave, to state officials unprepared for the task, to the bigger question of whether the U.S. is truly ready for managed retreat. This episode clears up the confusion, revealing what really happened, why it matters, and what the rest of the country can learn before the next community faces these climate impacts.

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As millions face climate relocation, the nation's first attempt sparks warnings and regret https://floodlightnews.org/isle-de-jean-charles-climate-relocation-broken-promises/

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https://floodlightnews.org/author/terry/

https://www.isledejeancharles.com/

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In episode 239 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons revisits his conversation with Dr. Katharine Mach, Professor at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a lead author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. Katharine explains the process of drafting that report and how the media both succeeds and fails at communicating its urgency. Doug and Katharine also discussed the need to rethink the role and purpose of the IPCC as it prepares for its next major assessment—especially now, as the Trump administration dismantles the National Climate Assessment and scales back federal climate programs, making the IPCC's global work more important than ever. That makes the IPCC's independent, global work even more vital—providing the scientific foundation the world, and especially the U.S., still needs to understand and respond to climate risk.

Transcript available here.

Topics covered:

• IPCC is a grand partnership between the governments of the world.
• How did the media do in reporting on the IPCC report?
• The IPCC has zero regulatory authority over sovereign nations.
• What does it mean to be a lead author for the IPCC.
• Many developing countries don't have the climate data and experts that developed countries have.
• How can the IPCC be relevant to adaptation planners in the U.S.
• Who is the audience for the IPCC report and how do you communicate to different audiences.
• How can American policymakers make use of the IPCC report.
• Adaptation education at the University of Miami

Key Quotes:

"Adaptation isn't a checklist—it's a continuous conversation about what kind of future we want."

"Climate risk is always filtered through inequality."

"Transformative adaptation is about changing the rules of the game, not just moving the pieces."

"Science must learn to listen before it speaks."

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https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01170-y

https://people.miami.edu/profile/[email protected]

https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf

https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2021/01/The-concept-of-risk-in-the-IPCC-Sixth-Assessment-Report.pdf

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:da39e9af-530e-4645-8b71-a254562b9a2a

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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! Subscribe to America Adapts on Apple Podcasts Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com