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Climate Adaptation Predictions for 2025: What the Experts Say

America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast

Release Date: 01/13/2025

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In episode 221 of America Adapts, we’re hosting 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 be a turning point. Join us as we explore the trends, innovations, and strategies that will define climate adaptation in the year to come. You won’t want to miss what these experts have to say about the future of climate adaptation!

Experts in this Episode:

  • Dr. Jesse Keenan – Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning, Director, Center on Climate Change and Urbanism at Tulane University
  • Dr. AR Siders Director of the Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub at the University of Delaware
  • Shaun Martin – Vice President, Adaptation and Resilience, World Wildlife Fund
  • Dr. Shalini Vajjhala – Executive Director of PRE Collective
  • Mark Nevitt – Associate Professor of Law at the Emory University School of Law
  • Dr. Carolyn Kousky – Founder Insurance for Good
  • Beth Gibbons – Director of the Resiliency Office Washtenaw County, Michigan
  • Dr. Ladd Keith – Associate professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Arizona
  • Emilie Mazzacurati – Co-Founder of Tailwind


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US National Adaptation and Resilience Planning Strategy 2025

https://unfccc.int/documents/645358

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/climate-adaptation-and-resilience-program

 

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