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Hosts Mónika Serrano and Jessica Mederson interview people across the private and public sectors to discuss adapting the built environment to a changing climate. While climate mitigation and sustainability get most of the attention and financial investments, climate resiliency and adaptation are just as crucial because we are already experiencing the impacts of changes to our climate. Ensuring that we are adapting to extreme weather and evolving climate patterns requires us to reexamine what it takes to make our buildings, infrastructure, and communities safe and resilient both now and in the future, so that people, buildings, and businesses can continue to thrive for years and decades to come.
Episoder
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- Bridging the Gap: Finding Funds to Build (and Build Back) Better · 46 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 8Monika and Jessica talk to Abby Ross, the founder of The Resiliency Company, focused on helping communities adapt to climate risk. Abby has used her background as an entrepreneur…
- Resilient Waterfronts: Designing for the Future · 45 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 7Dena Prastos, CEO and Founder of Indigo River Studios, joins Monika and Jessica to discuss waterfront resilience in NYC and beyond. Indigo River Studios is a women-owned design…
- Messing with the Mississippi: Lessons Learned from the Great River · 1 t. 1 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 6Monika and Jessica speak with Boyce Upholt, a writer and "nature critic," about his first book, The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi. They discuss the long…
- Future-Proofing Business: The Chamber's Work on Climate Resilience · 31 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 5Monika Serrano and Jessica Mederson speak with Chuck Chaitovitz, Vice President for environmental affairs and sustainability at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. They discuss the…
- Healthy Buildings, Smarter Leases: Climate Law in Action · 49 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 4Nicole DeNamur joins the podcast this week, along with co-hosts Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano, they talk about emerging state and city climate-related laws, climate-aligned…
- Home Insurance: Will it Weather the Storm? · 46 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 3Carolyn Kousky, Acting Chief Economist at Environmental Defense Fund and founder of Insurance for Good joins Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano, to discuss the current and…
- Three Solutions for Climate Ready Construction · 1 t. 1 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 2Mónika Serrano and Jessica Mederson talk to three entrepreneurs about their solutions to problems the construction industry faces on the job site, particurarly in the face of…
- Hot Lessons, Cool Solutions: The Miami-Dade Story · 37 min. · Sæson 3 Episode 1Jessica Mederson and Mónika Serrano sit down with Jane Gilbert, Miami-Dade County's Chief Heat Officer. Together, they dive into the growing threat of extreme heat for cities…
- Are Real Estate Investors Addressing Climate Risk? · 32 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 8Jessica Mederson and Mónika Serrano speak with Julie Manning, Global Head of Climate and Carbon Strategy at La Salle Investments. This conversation explores if real estate…
- Beavers: Nature's Climate Resilience Engineers · 38 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 7Drought. Flooding. Wildfires. These are all risks our communities and built environment face and these risks are increasing as our planet warms. Beavers, nature's engineers and a…
- From The Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities · 49 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 6Jessica Mederson and Mónika Serrano speak with Alison Sant, author of the book From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities. They discuss how empowered local…
- The Money Will Follow: Investors on Climate Risk and Migration · 55 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 5Mónika Serrano and Jessica Mederson talk to Greg Lindsey of Alpha Geo to explore how investors evaluate risks and opportunities in the face of climate change and climate…
- A New Standard For Property Resilience · 43 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 4Mónika Serrano and Jessica Mederson talk to Holly Neber, CEO of AEI Consultants, and chair of the development of the recently approved ASTM International Standard Guide for the…
- Concrete Conversations: Resiliency, Sustainability, & Innovation · 49 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 3Mónika Serrano and Jessica Mederson talk to Jim Schneider, Executive Director of PCI Mountain States, a chapter of the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) covering…
- Working with Resiliency Consultants to Adapt the Built Environment · 49 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 2Mónika and Jessica talk to Amy Macdonald, Founder & Principal of Ripple Resilience. Formerly a principal and founder of Thornton Tomasetti's Resilience Practice, her career spans…
- Building a Resilient Tomorrow: Federal Policy Perspective · 1 t. 10 min. · Sæson 2 Episode 1Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano speak to Alice C. Hill, an expert in resilience to catastrophic risks, having served as Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior…
- Resilience Pays: Insurance Companies Fund Climate-Resilient Buildings Research · 42 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 8Jessica Mederson and Monika Serrano close the first season speaking with Dr. Anne Cope, Chief Engineer at IBHS, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a nonprofit…
- The Legal Landscape of Climate Adaptation · 27 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 7Mónika and Jessica interview Professor Michael Gerrard, founder and director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School. We discuss issues such as building…
- Keeping US diplomats safe abroad · 22 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 6Jessica and Monika speak with Dr. Cassandra Smith and David Keller, from the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations, US Department of State. Their Climate Security and…
- New Orleans and Resilience Realities · 43 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 5Mónika and Jessica discuss living in New Orleans with Ashley Robinson, a construction lawyer with a civil engineering degree who lives and works in New Orleans. We discuss living…







