America Adapts the Climate Change Podcast
A changing climate presents humanity with only one option: adapt. Join your host, Doug Parsons for America's leading podcast on climate change - America Adapts! Each episode, Doug sits down with scientists, activists, policymakers, and journalists to discuss the tough questions facing this country and the world as we confront humanity's greatest challenge. Question your assumptions, refresh your perspective, and become part of the climate movement that will determine our planet's future, right here on the America Adapts podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 236
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The Once and Future Republican Party – Conservatism and Climate Change
In episode 96 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Bob Inglis, former Congressman from South Carolina and now Executive Director of RepublicEN. Doug and Bob talk about his history of bei…
Summer Sizzle: Citizens Climate Radio podcast + The Adapters Speak!
In episode 95 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons hosts Peterson Toscano, host of the podcast Citizens Climate Radio. Doug and Peterson talk climate activism, how adaptation can learn from the resp…
Resilient New York: Urban Forestry, Shared Stewardship and Climate Adaptation
In episode 94 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons visits New York City! This is THE episode on urban forestry and climate adaptation. Doug travels across the city, visiting parks and interviewing ex…
Risky Business: Adapting Insurance Markets to Wildfire and Flood Risk with Dr. Carolyn Kousky
In episode 93 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Carolyn Kousky, the Executive Director at the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center at the University of Pennsylvania…
The Race to Define the Green New Deal with Grist CEO Brady Walkinshaw
In episode 92 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews the CEO of Grist, Brady Walkinshaw. Grist is the long time, online environmental news group. Doug and Brady discuss the presidential po…
Dispatches from Adapters at the 2019 National Adaptation Forum in Madison, Wisconsin
In episode 91 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons goes to the 2019 National Adaptation Forum in Madison, Wisconsin! During this adaptation-palooza, Doug interviews a variety of conference participa…
Keeping History Above Water – St. Augustine, Cultural Heritage and Sea Level Rise
In episode 90 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons travels to beautiful Saint Augustine, Florida for the Keeping History Above Water conference. Doug interviews experts on the threat of sea level ri…
Cli-Fi Research: Can Climate Science Fiction Influence Behavior + Interview with MIT’s Today I Learned: Climate Podcast
In episode 89 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Yale-Nus College Asst. Professor of Environmental Studies Dr. Matthew Schneider-Mayerson about his recent literacy research on how “Cli-…
The Unbearable Lightness of Cultural Resources: An Adaptation Story with Dr. Marcy Rockman
In episode 88 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Marcy Rockman, cultural resource and climate adaptation expert. Marcy, until recently, was the Cultural Resources Adaptation Coordina…
Tribes, Indigenous People and the False Urgency of Climate Adaptation with Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte
In episode 87 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte. Kyle is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Community Sustainability and a faculty affiliate of the American I…
Dr. Michael Mann: Return of the Climate Jedi
He’s back! In episode 86 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews famed climatologist Dr. Michael Mann. Dr. Mann is the author of the famous ‘hockey stick’ climate research that has become on…
Climate Change Podcasters Unite! 8 Climate Pods, 8 Amazing Stories!
In episode 85 of America Adapts – a true event episode - Doug Parsons interviews the hosts of some of your favorite climate change podcasts! Warm Regards, Climactic, No Place Like Home, Climate Read…
The State of Adaptation and Climate Adaptation Finance with Harvard’s Jesse Keenan
In episode 84 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Dr. Jesse Keenan, from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Jesse recently published a book Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment i…
To Sue or Not to Sue: Legal Liability and Climate Adaptation with the Conservation Law Foundation
In episode 83 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews planner Deanna Moran and environmental lawyer, Elena Mihaly, from the Conservation Law Foundation. Deanna and Elena come on to talk abou…
New York, New York: The Big Apple Adapts to Climate Change
In episode 82 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons interviews Signe Nielsen, a landscape architect based in New York City. Signe has been working on projects in NYC for decades and we discuss how cl…
Flood Management: Nature Based Approaches and International Collaborations
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In episode 81 of America Adapts - the third in a 4-part flooding series sponsored by World Wildlife Fund - Doug Parsons attends the Natural and …
Adapting Conservation to Climate Change at WWF
In episode 80 of America Adapts, Doug Parson joins World Wildlife Fund’s Shaun Martin to take a behind the scenes look at how WWF is adapting conservation to the new realities of climate change and h…
End of the Year Holiday Special: Top Climate Stories and Preview of 2019 National Adaptation Forum
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In episode 79 of America Adapts, we’re celebrating the third annual Holiday Special. Professor Ladd Keith of the University of Arizona and Shau…
Flooding, Climate Change and Art: Creative Community Engagement
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In episode 78 of America Adapts - the second in a 4-part flooding series sponsored by World Wildlife Fund - Doug Parsons talks with three expert…
#MeToo Meets Climate Adaptation: Author Elizabeth Rush Rises to the Climate Challenge
In episode 77 of America Adapts, Doug Parsons is joined by author and professor, Elizabeth Rush. Elizabeth discusses her recent book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Doug and Elizabe…