In Season 6 of CPR’s Connect the Dots podcast, we’re discussing climate resiliency — that is, our ability to handle the stresses caused by climate disruption and adapt to changing conditions. The crisis may be stark, but there are solutions and pathways to a viable, sustainable future.
Kicking off the season, host Rob Verchick digs into resiliency, real estate, and how climate change is beginning to impact people’s decisions on where to live — or move.
For years, scientists and environmental activists have warned that many of America’s most beloved cities are going to sink. Climate models predict how sea level rise will destroy places like Miami and New Orleans. Meanwhile, out West, wildfires are ravaging towns along the coast and spewing clouds of smoke inland.
Our neighborhoods are drowning, burning, and running dry. Few places seem safe from the sting of climate change, especially because weather events don’t discriminate by status or income. All this begs the question: Where should we all be living? Join Rob and his guests as they seek to answer this question and discuss climate resiliency solutions.
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More on Our Guests:
 | Daryl Fairweather is the chief economist at Redfin. View bio. |
 | Philip Mulder is a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. View bio. |
 | Matt Kahn is Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California and the author of Adapting to Climate Change (Yale University Press 2021). View bio. |
 | Sean Hecht is the co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Evan Frankel Professor of Policy and Practice, and co-director of the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic at UCLA School of Law, as well as a CPR Member Scholar. View bio. |
Related CPR Resources:
- From Surviving to Thriving: Equity in Disaster Planning and Recovery report
- CPRBlog posts on climate change
Other resources:
- The Washington Post: “With climate change, there may be no best place to live“
- CNBC: “Climate change will crush real estate values for investors who don’t prepare, new report says,” and “In areas hit hard by climate change, only the rich can afford to stay“
- The Atlantic: “We’re hitting the limits of hurricane preparedness“
- Forbes: “Is Your Home Value At Risk From Climate Change? Recent Research Finds A Link“
- States at Risk: Florida
Special thanks to:
- The College of Law at Loyola University New Orleans
- The College of Music and Media at Loyola University New Orleans
We’re also grateful to the musical artists featured in this episode, who make their work available to us through a Creative Commons license. Please check them out!
