Category: Interviews

  • Climate Adaptation Predictions for 2025: What the Experts Say

    Climate Adaptation Predictions for 2025: What the Experts Say
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    In episode 221 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons hosts some of the world’s leading adaptation experts (and previous podcast guests) to make climate predictions for  2025! From the growing impacts of wildfires reshaping communities, extreme heat, adaptation technology, to the potential massive shifts in climate policy under a new presidential administration, this year promises to… Read more

  • The Adaptation Playbook: Innovative Strategies for Climate Resilience

    The Adaptation Playbook: Innovative Strategies for Climate Resilience
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    In this episode, Doug Parsons chatted with Katie MacDonald, co-founder of Tailwind, a pioneering firm dedicated to driving innovation in climate adaptation. Katie and her team at Tailwind are at the forefront of helping companies tackle some of the most pressing climate hazards—think wildfires, heat waves, and more. And now, they’ve taken it a step further… Read more

  • Climate Proofers: Tailwind Climate’s Adaptation Playbook

    Climate Proofers: Tailwind Climate’s Adaptation Playbook
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    Extreme weather shocks may be on track to inflict some US$560bn or so of losses on listed companies every year by 2035, but so far very little early investor money is going into adaptation and resilience (A&R) solutions. That’s according to new analysis by Tailwind Climate, an adaptation-focused advisory and investment firm, which last week released a 112-page playbook on… Read more

  • Catalyst: The Rise of Adaptation Tech

    Catalyst: The Rise of Adaptation Tech
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    Cutting emissions is essential to avoiding the worst of climate change, but we also have to deal with the impacts of climate change happening now. Fortunately, there’s a growing list of technologies that could help us adapt — and potentially turn a profit for investors, too. Will these emerging adaptation and resilience (A&R) technologies take… Read more

  • Innovating Climate Conversations – Ep. 1

    Innovating Climate Conversations – Ep. 1
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    Robert Kay, Co-Founder of 319Climate, sits down with Emilie Mazzacurati, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tailwind, to discuss taxonomies, adaptation, climate funding, and more. Read more

  • Closing the Adaptation Finance Gap

    Closing the Adaptation Finance Gap
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    In May, climate proofers from across the world gathered in New York for Adapt Unbound USA, a pioneering conference on the emerging adaptation economy. Experts from tech, finance, and policy held forth on topics ranging from how to prepare cities for climate change to building industry-wide collaborations. ClimateProof’s Louie Woodall moderated the last panel of the… Read more

  • Podcast: Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference

    Podcast: Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference
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    In episode 206 of America Adapts, the podcast partnered with Battelle for their third annual Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference, ICR24. Keynote speakers and attendees join the pod to share their experiences in climate adaptation and also discuss highlights from the conference. Experts in this Episode: Listen to the podcast: Read more

  • Greenomics Ep. 10 | Out of the frying pan? Climate impacts and adaptation opportunities.

    Greenomics Ep. 10 | Out of the frying pan? Climate impacts and adaptation opportunities.
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    How does extreme heat affect human health and the economy, and what is being done about it? Shilpita Mathews, Senior Economist at Oxford Economics, joins our host Sarah Nelson to discuss adaptation. Shilpita speaks to guests Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer of Miami-Dade County and Emilie Mazzacurati the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Tailwind about… Read more

  • Adaptation: the Next Frontier for Climate Tech?

    Adaptation: the Next Frontier for Climate Tech?
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    Watch Emilie Mazzacurati, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tailwind, in conversation with Todd Allmendinger from CleanTech Group, discuss Tailwind’s vision and work to accelerate innovation in adaptationand resilience. Read more

  • America Adapts: Exploring America’s Leadership in Climate Resilience with Battelle

    America Adapts: Exploring America’s Leadership in Climate Resilience with Battelle
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    In episode 201 of America Adapts, Doug Parson partners with Battelle on their Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference, ICR24. This episode has a lineup of expert guests who will delve into the core of climate resilience. Read more