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The ART Project

What it is:

A public-private collaborative effort to help the Bay Area plan for and respond to sea level rise and storm events.

Why it stands out:

The Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) project pioneered sea level rise planning for a large section of the San Francisco Bay shoreline - creating both actionable strategies to build resilience in Alameda County, its first pilot location, and a model planning process that could be replicated in other parts of the Bay Area.

In 2011, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) in partnership with the NOAA Coastal Services Center launched the ART project in response to growing regional awareness of the existence of - and need to prepare for - sea level rise and storm events. The ART pilot project was established to conduct in-depth studies of local vulnerabilities, and to create replicable, collaborative planning tools to help Bay Area communities and organizations understand risks and develop actionable solutions.

The ART project initially focused on a portion of the Alameda County shoreline, from Emeryville to Union City, where there are regionally significant assets like the Bay Bridge, Oakland International Airport and the Port of Oakland, along with features common to the entire Bay Area shoreline, including residential neighborhoods, energy and water infrastructure and parks. The project team evaluated a number of assets in the study area, identified stressors, considered the impacts of 16 inches and 55 inches of sea level rise, along with storm effects, and surveyed stakeholders to evaluate the sensitivity and adaptive capacity (ability to adjust/accommodate change) of the assets. Finally, the ART team developed hundreds of possible adaptation responses to observed vulnerabilities and identified which types of entities in the subregion could implement the various actions - ranging from data collection to education - to improve the resilience of neighborhoods.

As a result, there are now "road-tested" adaptation planning processes and tools as well as a broad suite of subregional vulnerabilities and adaptation responses, the majority of which are meaningful to all areas of the bay shoreline, that are being used to jump-start adaptation efforts in other locations.

Regional Wetland Restoration

What it is:

With the threat of sea level rise looming, major wetland restoration projects aim to build ecological resilience and buffer the impacts of storms on the shoreline

Why it stands out:

Large swaths of bay wetlands are being restored and managed in an innovative way that continuously monitors and adapts to climate change, while permanent funding for more of these efforts may be on the way through the work of a new regional agency dedicated to finding local funding for restoration.

With the largest estuary on the west coast, the San Francisco Bay is home to 500 species of wildlife including millions of migratory birds, and an economic engine that directly generates millions of dollars and jobs in the tourism, shipping and fishing industries. Once home to over 200,000 acres of tidal wetlands, the bay has only about 45,000 acres of healthy wetlands today - a number that actually reflects significant progress in wetland protection and restoration over the last 20 years. These bay wetlands account for more than 90 percent of California's remaining tidal wetlands, and provide local benefits such as flood protection, improving water quality, sequestering carbon, and providing critical habitat for birds and fish. But bay wetlands are threatened by rising sea levels. Without room for wetlands to migrate landward as sea levels rise, they will become submerged.

The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project - the largest wetland restoration project on the west coast - is actively restoring over 15,000 acres of former industrial salt ponds to tidal activity and managed ponds. Acquired by the federal and state government from Cargill in 2003, the project is managed by a partnership of federal and state agencies, flood control districts, and park districts for three key purposes: restoring wetland habitats, providing flood control, and enabling public access and recreation. The project uses an adaptive management framework to measure and observe changes on the ground and feed that information back into land management decisions. This framework enables the project to prepare for climate change along with other uncertainties, including changing habitats, water quality, invasive species and the impact of public access on wildlife. The project has already opened miles of new public trails in three project areas - Eden Landing, Ravenswood and Alviso - and restored over 3,000 acres to tidal function.

A mix of federal, state and private funding from such entities as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Board, and the Hewlett, Packard and Moore foundations, has made these projects possible, funding the acquisition, planning, and the first phases of restoration. However, the future of funding for ongoing planning and restoration work - ranging from permitting to moving dirt to assessing and monitoring tidal flows - is not secure. Thousands of acres of publicly owned former tidal areas could be restored today if funding were available. To address this, Save the Bay, SF Bay Joint Venture and other groups sought to create a regional agency with the authority to raise revenue from local sources, resulting in the enactment of the Bay Restoration Authority in 2008 (AB 2954). The Authority is likely to place a regional revenue measure on the ballot in November 2014 in all nine Bay Area counties, to be used for habitat improvements, safer public access and restoration work.

Ocean Beach + Mission Creek, San Francisco

What it is:

Two sea level rise planning projects, one on each side of San Francisco, containing adaptive strategies that provide both flood control and a better public realm.

Why it stands out:

The Ocean Beach Master Plan includes several innovative ideas to improve habitat, recreation and circulation and to protect key infrastructure at the beach - and it is a model for integrating sustainable urban design into sea level rise planning.

Photo of Ocean Beach by David Lloyd for AECOM

In San Francisco, SPUR is helping to lead two sea level rise planning projects, one of which - the Ocean Beach Master Plan - is moving toward implementation; the other-Mission Creek - is just getting started.

At Ocean Beach, SPUR is conducting three implementation studies to follow up on the success of the Ocean Beach Master Plan (April 2012), a long-term vision for the beach supported by state bond funding from the Coastal Conservancy. That plan, a nonregulatory vision and set of policy recommendations, unified federal, state, local agencies, stakeholder organizations and beach users around six key moves that could help the beach better withstand future sea level rise and erosion. These moves are strategies designed to protect transportation and wastewater infrastructure embedded at the beach, while supporting ecological health, public access and recreational improvements. (For example, one key move is to restore dunes through beach nourishment in the middle reach of the beach, installing sand ladders and boardwalks for pedestrian access.)

The three Ocean Beach implementation studies underway are a coastal management framework, a transportation study, and an open space planning study. The transportation study, which kicked off in the summer of 2013, will collect traffic data and analyze recommendations in the Master Plan - rerouting and narrowing the Great Highway, extending the Muni light rail line and more. The coastal management framework will identify interim protection strategies for the Master Plan's coastal recommendations and key moves. The open space study will look for opportunities to improve coastal access and connections among important open space resources near the beach including Golden Gate Park, Fort Funston and Lake Merced.

On the eastern waterfront of San Francisco, Mission Creek is one of the city's lowest-lying areas and is vulnerable to flooding from both sea level rise and stormwater runoff. In early 2014, SPUR launched a project with the Port of San Francisco, the SF Public Utilities Commission, other city agencies, BCDC and the Delta Alliance (of the Netherlands) to consider vulnerabilities and potential adaptation strategies for this area. The first step in this project is creating an inventory of shoreline protection features, as well as assets of interest (transportation, infrastructural, community-based) using processes developed both by BCDC in the Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) project in Alameda County, and by the Netherlands. Eventually, the project will propose adaptation alternatives that measures, as well as governance and financing strategies.

Habitat Goals Projects

What it is:

A trio of visionary planning documents for the region's ecosystems that lay out management recommendations for every type of habitat, from the bottom of the bay to the hilltops of the greenbelt.

Why it stands out:

Photo of North Bay hills by Jon 'ShakataGaNai' Davis

The Habitat Goals projects utilize the best-available science and unify the conservation community around prioritizing certain places and ecosystems for protection.

The first of three habit goals projects, the Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Project, which was completed in 1999 after a four-year process involving over 100 scientists and ecosystem managers, identified what kinds and amounts of wetland habitats around the bay should be restored to sustain diverse wildlife. The project identified the extent of historic wetlands, the quantity that has been diked or filled, the area open to tidal action, and the habitat needs of key wildlife species in the region. The Goals then made subregional, long-term recommendations for habitat changes, establishing one memorable goal that has driven ecosystem managers for over a decade: 100,000 acres of tidal marsh was the right quantity needed to restore the health of the bay. Ideally, the mix will include large patches of tidal marsh connected by corridors, extensive areas of managed seasonal ponds, restored beaches, and vegetated areas along the bay's tributary streams.

In order to take sea level rise and climate change impacts into account, the Bay Area Ecosystems Climate Change Consortium, with funding from the Coastal Conservancy, launched a 2012 effort to update the Habitat Goals Project to reflect how sea level rise will affect bayland habitats, how managers should respond, and how the goals might change. A climate change update to the goals should be available later in 2014.

The second project, the Bay Subtidal Habitat Goals Project (2010), created a compendium of ecosystem types for the submerged area of the bay, from the seafloor of mud, sand and rocks to shallow shellfish and eelgrass beds. These ecosystems, while hidden from view, support the health of the bay by providing food and habitat for salmon, herring, crab and shellfish, marine mammals, and shorebirds. Some of the strategies in the Goals report include increasing native oyster populations and removing artificial structures from the bay that have limited habitat benefits.

Finally, the Conservation Lands Network (CLN) was completed in 2011. Like the Baylands and Subtidal Goals projects, the CLN convened over 100 scientists and resource experts to identify the types, amounts and distribution of habitats in the nine-county Bay Area necessary to sustain regional biodiversity. Its recommendations include protection of working lands, adaptive management practices, restoring streams channels and focusing development away from essential habitats. The project also created a publicly accessible mapping tool to track conservation targets, protected lands and climate changes on any land parcel and over time, so that conservation goals may be dynamically updated.

San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project

Looking north at high tide, with the Creek in the foreground. Photo by Len Materman

What it is:

A creek that has repeatedly flooded for years has a new management strategy, designed to improve habitat while protecting neighbors from both fluvial flooding and sea level rise.

Why it stands out:

A program of watershed-based planning and flood protection means that neighboring property owners will no longer need to buy flood insurance.

The San Francisquito Creek watershed covers 50 square miles, from Skyline to the bay, encompassing parts of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties, and the cities of Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and East Palo Alto. The creek itself wends through highly developed, suburban floodplains, underneath two interstates, and ends in the baylands just beyond an angular, engineered channel bordering a golf course and the Palo Alto Airport. Viewed as a liability, perhaps even a nuisance, for many years, the creek would occasionally flood in two directions - causing disruption to significant numbers of homes. In 1998, 1,700 properties sustained $28 million in flood-related damages. The cities and counties realized that neither side could solve the problem alone, and governance stood in the way of effective solutions. The year after the flood, San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA), a partnership of the cities of East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, Menlo Park, the San Mateo County Flood Control District, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, was formed to create a forum for agencies to solve problems of mutual interest at the watershed scale.

Photo of SVAWPC courtesy Santa Clara Valley Water District

The JPA developed a watershed plan, considering both river and tidal floodplains, and the potential impact of climate change, and created strategies to eliminate flood risk. The plan's first major capital project is a creek widening project that will substantially enlarge the creek's tidal marsh floodplain by creating over 15 acres of new marsh lands, and construct new levees and floodwalls where homes and businesses are adjacent to the channel. The project is designed to enable the creek to withstand a 100-year storm, coupled with an extreme high tide and 26 inches of sea level rise. Other projects in the works to improve flood protection include a replacement bridge for Highway 101 over the creek, which will be designed to help expand flow capacity, and other bridge replacements and channel widening further upstream.

A benefit - and an overall objective - of this project is to remove some currently impacted properties from FEMA flood risk maps and to enable property owners to avoid paying premiums to the National Flood Insurance Program. Because about 40 percent of properties in the creek's 100-year floodplain are also in the bay's 100-year floodplain, the JPA work will provide tidal and sea level rise protection to East Palo Alto and Menlo Park as a whole. The project's accounting for sea level rise goes above and beyond any FEMA requirements, helping to eliminate this risk and protect nearby property owners for many decades to come.

Santa Clara Valley Water District Advanced Purification Facility

What it is:

A new facility designed to highly purify wastewater to drinking water quality, putting it to better use while reducing pollution in the bay.

Why it stands out:

The water purification plant demonstrates technologies that allow wastewater to be treated and reused for drinking, providing a reliable, climate-proof supply of water at well below the cost of desalinating sea water.

The Bay Area is vulnerable to impacts of climate change other than sea level rise. More than twothirds of the region's water is imported from sources outside the region that are vulnerable to drought, earthquakes and new regulations on availability - risks that will only intensify with future climate change. Meanwhile, our region will add 2 million people by 2040, increasing demand for available water.

Of the many tools for reducing water demand and increasing water supply that we evaluated in our 2013 report, Future-Proof Water, nearly all are best practices with a long track record of success in California. One that's more on the cutting edge has just been built in Santa Clara County. The new Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center (SVAWPC) is a partnership between the Santa Clara Valley Water District and the City of San Jose that takes treated wastewater from the city's wastewater plant and highly purifies it to match drinking water quality standards. The purified water will be blended with existing nonpotable recycled water supplies to improve its quality and expand its usage. These uses include, for now, largescale irrigation and industrial cooling. The plant will also serve as a pilot facility for studying potable reuse of wastewater, through testing its capabilities to remove chemicals of emerging concern, such as pharmaceuticals.

While the state has yet to approve "direct potable reuse" of treated wastewater, the state Department of Public Health and the Water Resources Control Board are conducting a feasibility study to develop uniform water recycling standards that would permit direct potable reuse by 2016.

The real challenge for direct potable reuse is not technological, but psychological. In the United States, people are not accustomed to the idea of drinking purified former wastewater, despite the fact that millions of people already do, albeit in an unplanned way. Facilities like the new SVAWPC will help build public support for, and demystify the idea of reuse. That support will be invaluable as the Bay Area grows and needs to adapt to the uncertain water future of our changing climate.

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Dozens of efforts are underway in the Bay Area to assess vulnerability to sea level rise, map critical infrastructure, plan to reduce emissions, restore wetlands and work across local government functions to knit together a plan of action. Here are just a few of the many of these efforts that stand out.

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Five things to know about flooding and climate change

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| November 27. 2012. 15:00

Heavy rainfall continues to batter the UK this week, causing widespread disruption. The Environment Agency has issued hundreds of flood warnings and evacuated many from their homes. Is this unpredictable weather normal, or is there a link between flooding events like this and climate change?

Here's five things you should know about linking climate change with flooding.
1. A warmer atmosphere holds more moisture
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC), the atmosphere is about 0.75 degrees warmer than it was at the start of the century, which means it can hold 5-6 per cent more moisture.

That doesn't automatically mean more heavy rainfall for the UK because complex weather patterns govern the amount, timing and distribution of rainfall. But it does mean that with more water in the atmosphere, the volume of rainfall may increase when it does pour.

This isn't the end of it though, because climate change may affect atmospheric circulations like the Jet Stream, which control the movement of weather systems over the UK. Research on this is still fairly new, however, and the link remains less than certain for now. But it's another reason why the climate change link to flooding is complicated.
2. Evidence of heavier rainfall in the past is limited, but growing
Extreme events are rare, and detecting trends outside natural variability requires decades of continuous observations. So even though there's a theoretical link between climate change and rainfall, it's hard to find clear evidence yet because the record of measurements is short and doesn't cover all parts of the world.

Globally, that makes it hard to distinguish any trend in the intensity or frequency of flooding due to climate change, as the IPCC concluded in its Special Report on Extreme Events. But in Europe, where more data on rainfall exists, there's some evidence for a trend towards heavier rainfall.

A recent study finds greenhouse gas emissions contributed to observations of more intense precipitation over two thirds of the northern hemisphere between 1950-2000. Finding trends like this is difficult with a small data set on rainfall, but should become clearer as more extreme events occur over time.
3. Attributing specific events to climate change is tricky, and flooding is no exception
In general, scientists are wary of attributing specific extreme events to climate change because it's impossible to say whether an event would have happened if global temperatures weren't increasing. It's more helpful to consider how climate change may have contributed to the frequency or severity of such events.

A recent study found although the precise human contribution to widespread flooding in England and Wales in 2000 is difficult to pinpoint, global greenhouse gas emissions increased the risk of flood by up to 90 per cent. Such careful analysis of the data takes time and linking the current flooding in the UK to climate change is not possible yet.
4. Scientists predict that heavy rainfall will increase in the future
Flooding occurs in a number of ways, and each may be affected by climate change. Surface water flooding occurs where heavy rainfall can't absorb into the ground or drain away. River flooding, closely linked to surface flooding, occurs when streams burst their banks. Coastal flooding results from high tides, storm surges and sea level rise.

Rising sea levels present a clear threat to flood coastal areas. But there's less certainty in projections of surface water and river flooding. That's mainly down to uncertainty in modelling, and difficulty simulating how weather patterns may change.

Based on physical reasoning, however, many studies - including a government study on climate change risks - predict the UK will experience more intense rainfall and more frequent high river flows in the future, particularly during the winter. A recent report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) echoes this, predicting increases in both river and coastal flooding in the UK.
5. Flooding isn't just about rainfall; other human factors contribute too
Flooding and extreme precipitation go hand in hand, but they aren't the same thing. While climate change may directly alter precipitation in the UK, flooding is a consequence of heavy rainfall which also has a human component.

The rising cost of damages associated with flooding is a perfect example of this. The rise could be down to a number of factors, not simply the amount of rain that falls. People are getting better at reporting damages, but human activities have a major impact too.

Changes in land use, such as building houses on flood plains and paving over natural surfaces, are making people more vulnerable to flooding. According to the EEA report, climate change could contribute more in the future, but for now, land use changes are the reason behind rising damage costs in the UK.

So in summary, it's pretty difficult to assess the effect climate change has on flooding. While in theory warmer temperatures may lead to more rain, the climate system is pretty complicated in practice. It looks likely that the UK will experience more surface, river and coastal flooding in the future, but it's hard to be more specific than that

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November 27. 2012. 15:00 Heavy rainfall continues to batter the UK this week, causing widespread disruption. The Environment Agency has issued hundreds of flood warnings and evacuated many from their homes. Is this unpredictable weather normal, or is there a link between flooding events like this and climate change?

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Why Chronic Floods are Coming to New Jersey

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Why chronic floods are coming to New Jersey

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New board game challenges players to confront rising sea levels

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Today, NPR Health Correspondent Allison Aubrey offers perspective on how to think about the latest coronavirus news. On one hand, half of U.S. adults have been vaccinated and as of this week, everyone 16 years old and up is eligible to be vaccinated. At the same time, the administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been paused and many are still hesitant to get vaccinated. Coronavirus on your mind? Email us at shortwave@npr.org - with your questions about the latest developments.

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Short Wave - What Happens When The Tides Get Higher

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(Encore episode.) As sea levels rise from climate change, coastal communities face a greater risk of chronic flooding. Climate scientist Astrid Caldas and her colleagues have looked at where it's happening now and where it could happen in the future as the tides keep getting higher. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia.

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Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

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Rising Seas: Flooding, Climate Change and Our New World

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Report: Flooded Future: Global vulnerability to sea level rise worse than previously understood

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How Climate Change Could Drown New York City 

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Australia's floods: what the disaster tells us about a climate crisis future

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What if you didn't have a spare $5 to buy pads or tampons when you got your period? That's the predicament many girls and women find themselves in each month. It has been a government blind spot for decades, and advocates are pushing for period products to be made more easily available. So, how close is Australia to eradicating period poverty?

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Full Story - Australia's floods: what the disaster tells us about a climate crisis future

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Days of heavy rain and flooding along Australia's east coast have caused widespread damage and triggered the evacuation of thousands of residents - from western Sydney to the mid-north coast.

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The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilized World

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Flooded By Climate Change: Will India Sink Or Swim? | Insight | Full Episode

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How climate change is making record-breaking floods the new normal

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After The Water--How Climate Change And Flash Flooding Are Altering Ellicott City, Maryland

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New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson returns with a bold and brilliant vision of New York City in the next century.
As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city.

There is the market trader, who finds opportunities where others find trouble. There is the detective, whose work will never disappear -- along with the lawyers, of course.

There is the internet star, beloved by millions for her airship adventures, and the building's manager, quietly respected for his attention to detail. Then there are two boys who don't live there, but have no other home -- and who are more important to its future than anyone might imagine.

Lastly there are the coders, temporary residents on the roof, whose disappearance triggers a sequence of events that threatens the existence of all -- and even the long-hidden foundations on which the city rests.

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Podcasts on climate change used to be difficult to find. Fortunately, the selection of climate change podcasts gets better all the time. Which is what you'd expect as the impacts of climate change and public concern continue to grow as we move into the unknown.
This post last updated: November 2019.
This list is growing, so we are dividing it up into segments that include " The Best Climate Podcasts" - those that have been around for a while now and continue to provide consistently great content; " New Comers" - highlighting newer podcasts on climate change that are high quality and consistent; " Energy Transition" - those podcasts specifically focussed on the transition to clean/green energy; " Best of the Rest" - short series on climate change and individual podcasts on climate change from podcasts that otherwise don't regularly report on climate change; and " You Might Also Like... " - those podcasts that are seasonal, haven't posted lately or are no longer produced, though still full of great content.

Click on the titles below to head straight to that section...
The Best Climate Change Podcasts... "Climate One at The Commonwealth Club is a thriving leadership dialogue on energy, the environment and the economy. It brings together top thinkers and doers from business, government, academia and advocacy groups to advance the discussion about a clean energy future."
These folks manage to consistently put out excellent content. They do in-depth interviews and panel discussions with important scientists, sociologists, activists, CEOs and politicians from the national to local level. Sometimes the focus is on California, but even then it's still relevant and interesting. It's an excellent podcast that I highly recommend.

They also have video excerpts too.

Twitter: @climateone

" The America Adapts podcast explores the challenges presented by adapting to climate change, the global movement that has begun to drive change, and the approaches that are already working. "

America Adapts focusses specifically on adaptation to climate change. The podcast host, Doug Parsons, has an interesting resume, having worked on various environmental and conservation issues at several state and federal agencies. Doug interviews a range of experts in the field of adaptation, from state and local government, to businesses, to conservation organizations, to international groups.

Doug recently interviewed Rob Moore, the Director of the Water and Climate Team from the Natural Resources Defense Council, to talk about flooding, flood insurance and the future. They reiterated something I've said before, that current US flood zone maps are hopelessly out of date given the impacts of climate change.

Some other great shows to get you started...the show Podcasters Unite! was interesting. I like risk assessment modeling, so I also really enjoyed Doug's podcast with Jupiter Intel's CEO Rich Sorkin, where they talk about Jupiter Intel's work in climate risk modeling for business.

Listen here: website | iTunes | Spotify | GooglePlay

Twitter: @usaadapts
Climate Cast from Minnesota Public Radio
This podcast is usually about 10 to 30 minutes long, so it's an easy listen, although sometimes it leaves you wanting more. Occasionally they will go longer, getting in-depth on a particular topic. It often has a Minnesota focus, but they also interview people from government, companies and organizations at the national level. It is especially interesting because the farther north you go, the larger and more obvious the impacts of climate change become. So in this regard, as Minnesota goes, sooner or later the rest of us will follow.

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Twitter: @MPRnews
"Drilled traced the corporate-funded creation and spread of climate denial, including interviews with former Exxon scientists, primary source documents, and an in-depth look at the history of fossil fuel-funded influence campaigns. Season 2 : Hot Water follows a group of West Coast crab fisherman who are experiencing first-hand the devastating impacts of climate change. And this unlikely group of climate activists just became the first industry to sue big oil. investigates the propaganda campaign of the century - the creation of climate denial."
This is one of my favorite podcasts about climate change, because it outlines a big part of how we got where we are, the misinformation campaign by Exxon and others. This will really get you steamed as you listen to it.
New Comers... TIL Climate from MIT Climate change is confusing. This MIT podcast breaks down the science, technologies, and policies behind climate change, how it's impacting us, and what we can do about it. Each quick episode gives you the what, why, and how on climate change - from real scientists - to help us make informed decisions for our future.
Twitter: @amywestervelt

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A relatively new podcast that is pretty great so far. Mostly plain language interviews with climate scientists affiliated in some way with MIT. I really liked the episode about how to think about uncertainty and risk in climate forecasts. Also, the website has links to additional resources and information.
Nori Reversing Climate Change "Our podcasts focus on the people and organizations that are coming together to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reverse climate change. We also talk about blockchains."
Listen here: website | iTunes

Twitter: @ TILclimate
Nori Carbon Removal Newsroom
Nori is a "carbon removal marketplace" that produces the Reversing Climate Change podcast and the Carbon Removal Newsroom podcast. The Reversing Climate Change podcast, focuses on the business of climate change, but also ranges from art, to politics, to the science of climate change. I especially enjoyed their interview with Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org.

Listen here: website | iTunes |

" A short-form podcast by Nori where we discuss current events around the world of carbon removal from the atmosphere with a rotating cast of guests. "
Citizens Climate Radio "Peterson Toscano (host) is a performance artist and radio producer who uses comic storytelling to take on some of the most serious issues in the world, including climate change. Through his YouTube videos, live performances, and radio shows, he takes a serious look at global warming while exploring strange aspects that many people overlook."
The other Nori podcast, Carbon Removal Newsroom, are short takes lasting about 10 to 20 minutes, mostly focussing on topics of carbon sequestration to geoengineering.

Listen here: website | iTunes |

A podcast from Citizen's Climate Lobby (CCL) about social and environmental issues dealing broadly with climate change. Also, with a segments focusing on art/poetry/music and climate change. Very slick production values. A little too slick and artsy for my taste, but you NPR listeners out there might like this format.

The Citizen's Climate Lobby also produces the Citizen's Climate Lobby podcast, which focusses on lobbying and education training for CCL members. Probably too specific and dry for general consumption, but an excellent resource for advocates.
"Climate Connections is hosted by Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, with original reporting from a national network of environmental reporters and researchers... The program informs a national radio audience how climate change is already impacting our lives and values as well as "solution stories" about what diverse people and organizations are doing to reduce carbon pollution and increase resilience to climate impacts."
" CCL empowers everyday people to work together on climate change solutions. Our supporters are organized in more than 400 local chapters across the United States. Together we're building support in Congress for a national bipartisan solution to climate change. "

Listen here: website | iTunes
"Informal conversations with climate-relevant researchers"
An interesting short podcast (about 2 minutes) about varied climate change topics. My only complaint about this podcast is that it is waaay too short. It leaves you wanting more. I tend not to listen to it because of this.

Listen here: website | iHeartRadio | iTunes | Stitcher
Energy Transition...
This podcast is the successor to the Forecast podcast (below), providing long form, in-depth interviews with climate scientists. Just like the Forecast podcast, this will be of interest to people who want to learn about climate scientists as people, and get into gory detail about their work. Hosted by Dan Jones, a climate scientist at the Cambridge Centre for Climate Science, who is an oceanographer.

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Switched On - NEW!

" The future of energy, transport, sustainability and more, as told by BNEF analysts. Each week, Mark Taylor and Dana Perkins sit down with Bloomberg NEF (BNEF) analysts to uncover the key findings and stories behind their latest research. "

Great interviews about energy and sustainability, usually about 30 minutes long. I always learn something new and interesting. Podcasts like this that talk about the nuts and bolts of energy transition give me hope that despite all the stupid politics, the change IS happening.

The Energy Gang - NEW!

"Looking to understand the fast-changing world of energy? This isn't your ordinary energy business show. Every week, we debate and discuss the latest trends in energy, cleantech, renewables, and the environment. Join us as we explore the forces transforming energy markets in America and around the world. "

A podcast with three hosts talking about the business of clean energy. Sometimes a bit chatty, but always interesting. Also with excellent in depth interviews with entrepreneurs in the clean energy space. One of my favorite new podcasts.
"Podcasting about the policy and politics shaping our clean energy economy."
The podcast discussing cutting edge technology using bioreactors that use ancient bacteria and carbon dioxide to make methane at the National Energy Research Laboratory is really interesting!

Twitter: @TheEnergyGang

A bi-weekly podcast about clean energy advocacy. I find it very interesting and well done, with great guests from grass-roots advocacy organizations to industry insiders to academics to politicians. Clean energy is the foundation to transition from fossil fuels, and this podcast gets to the heart of that.
The Energy Transition Show "Straight talk about the world's transition from fossil fuels to renewables with energy expert Chris Nelder"
One of my favorite episodes was about including pollinator-friendly habitat in the construct of solar energy facilities, an aspect of solar energy that I didn't realize could be a thing. Great stuff.

Twitter: @MPTYpodcast

A very in-depth podcast about the energy industry focussing on the transition to alternative energy, also with scattered podcasts on climate science and politics. This show has an interesting subscription model - the first half an hour is free, but then you have to be a paying member to hear the full episode. The topics and interviews are very in-depth policy and technical interviews with industry and political insiders. So if you are in the industry you might consider paying, otherwise the first half hour is usually interesting enough.
"GreenBiz 350 is the weekly podcast about the people and companies behind the headlines in sustainable business and clean technology."
Subscribe in iTunes | Stitcher

Twitter: @transitionshow

This podcast focusses on business and corporate sustainability and adaptation to climate change. It can be interesting, but also quite dull at times. But that may reflect my personal preferences.

If you're specifically interested in sustainable business and supply chains then you will go nuts for this show. Also, the podcast is part of a larger website that deals with business issues related to sustainability and climate change.

They also have an affiliated podcast called Center Stage .. "The best of live interviews on sustainable business and clean technology, conducted on stage at GreenBiz and VERGE conferences." I haven't listened to this podcast, although it looks like they cover some great topics.

Subscribe in iTunes | SoundCloud.

Twitter: @GreenBiz

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Best Of The Rest ...

Besides the great regular climate change podcasts above, there are many individual podcasts and short series out there that are really good. Some are not focussed specifically on climate change, but are otherwise extremely relevant.

" A Podcast for Today's Wild Land Firefighters, produced by the Health and Human Performance Department at the University of Montana, Missoula. "

This is a great podcast. I especially like it coming from a long line of part-time, western forest fire fighters. Working for the US Forest Service fighting fires is a great way to earn some extra cash in the summer, as many western families know.
Pod Ship Earth
This podcast covers all aspects of forest fires, from boots on the ground, to politics, to ecology, to physical training for fire fighters. Highly recommended. The episode on pine beetles is very interesting, with an in depth discussion about pine beetles and forest ecology with Dr Diana Six, and how she came to find pine beetles so fascinating.

Listen here: website | iTunes | Libsyn

" In the next decade, the scale and scope of environmental change will test our ingenuity and strength. The fight for a livable planet is one that we must win. Each week we will meet people who can help us navigate this dynamic world and get us on a path to health. Hosted by Jared Blumenfeld, Podship Earth is a call to action. "
Animal Spirits
An interesting, relevant podcast. More broadly about the environment, but with frequent shows focussing on climate change. Also straying into other science topics on occasion.

Listen here: iTunes | Stitcher |
MIT All Ears - What's the science behind climate change?
Animal Spirits is one of my favorite podcasts. It's usually a deep dive into investing and markets, with a side of the podcaster's favorite movies and TV shows for fun. They also review books relevant to markets and market psychology.

They had a show on investing in commodities, like soy beans, wheat, corn, sugar, oil, etc. This podcast is a revelation when listened to in the context of climate change, meaning if you think about the current and future impacts of climate change on crop production while listening to this podcast, it will blow you mind.
Hot in my backyard from This American Life
MIT science faculty members discuss the history and science behind Earth's warming climate, and whether anything can be done to mitigate a rising global temperature.

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From May 2013... "After years of being stuck, the national conversation on climate change finally started to shift - just a little - last year, the hottest year on record in the U.S., with Hurricane Sandy flooding the New York subway, drought devastating Midwest farms, and California and Colorado on fire. Lots of people were wondering if global warming had finally arrived, here at home. This week, stories about this new reality."
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"Warm Regards is a podcast about the warming planet. The show is hosted by Jacquelyn Gill, a paleoecologist at the University of Maine, and Andy Revkin, a veteran journalist at ProPublica, with a rotating group of co-hosts including Ramesh Laungani, a biologist at Doane University; and Sarah Myhre, a climate scientist, scholar, and communicator. Produced by Eric Mack and Jessie-Ann Baines."
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These podcasts may still be found in your favorite podcast player, but no new episodes have been posted recently. Maybe they are taking a break?

This podcast is pretty good, covering topics that mostly encompass the societal aspects of climate change impacts. Topics include the Six Americas, diversity in climate change advocacy, harassment of women scientists, environmental justice, and other social-political issues. So if these topics are especially important to you, then this is your podcast.
No Place Like Home "A podcast that gets to the heart of climate change through personal stories. Hosted by Mary Anne Hitt & Anna Jane Joyner & Produced by Zach Mack."
Subscribe in iTunes | SoundCloud

Twitter: @ourwarmregards

I mostly like this monthly podcast, although it can get very chatty between the two hosts and a bit too far to the left for me at times. Left leaning liberal angst is on full display in podcast such as ' Should we have kids in the age of climate change?', which was the first part in an otherwise interesting series on personal choices in the fight against climate change. I especially enjoyed the interview with Dr. Peter Kalmus, a NASA climate scientist, talking about his choice to reduce his flying and other personal measures he made to limit his carbon footprint (including writing a book about it).
Forecast is "a podcast about climate science and climate scientists - long format interviews with Nature's editor for climate science, Michael White."
Twitter: @nplhpodcast

Forecast - No longer in production, 77 episodes available

This podcast features a deep dive into the lives of climate scientists, the influences they had growing up, how they came to study climate science, and how all that influences their work. The show usually starts with the personal stuff and progresses into a deep discussion of their work. The first part is super interesting, and the second part can get a bit deep into the science, but it's generally interesting as well.
Bonus! In the hopper...
This podcast is no longer in production, but there are 77 episodes still available. And... this format of long interviews with climate scientists has been taken over by the Climate Scientists podcast, outlined above.

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Here's a few other new podcasts that are in queue. Time will tell if they meet the stringent standards of today's demanding climate podcast listeners. 🙂

The Climate Ready Podcast - The ClimateReady Podcast features interviews and segments on emerging trends in the intersection of climate and water. Experts in policy, engineering, finance, and other sectors provide cutting-edge perspectives and narratives on climate adaptation challenges and opportunities.

Just starting on this one. It seems promising. I'm always interested in water issues, which are pivotal for economics and survival.

Threshold - This is a pivotal moment in human history. In the future, people will look back at our era and wonder how we could have talked about anything other than the way humans are changing - and being changed by - the planet.

Haven't quite figured this podcast out yet, but it seems like it could be pretty cool. They do lots of on location recording. They also hit the listener up for donations quite often.

Well there you have it folks, a growing list of amazing climate change podcasts. More and more climate podcasts are appearing all the time, so there are probably some great ones that were missed. Please contact us if you know of a great climate change podcast not shown here. We'll put it in the queue...

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"Meet the forensic scientists of climate change; if you like CSI, you'll be equally enthralled with the skill and speed these folks exhibit. But the stakes are infinitely higher!"-Bill McKibben, author of and The End of Nature
Massive fires, widespread floods, Category 4 hurricanes-shocking weather disasters dominate news headlines every year, but not everyone agrees on what causes them. In this gripping nonfiction book, renowned scientist Friederike Otto provides an answer with attribution science, a revolutionary method for pinpointing the role of climate change in extreme weather events.
Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
Angry Weather tells the compelling, day-by-day story of Hurricane Harvey, which caused over a hundred deaths and $125 billion in damage in 2017. As the hurricane unfolds, Otto reveals how attribution science works in real time, and determines that Harvey's terrifying floods were three times more likely to occur due to human-induced climate change.

This new ability to determine climate change's role in extreme weather events has the potential to dramatically transform society-for individuals, who can see how climate change affects their loved ones, and corporations and governments, who may see themselves held accountable in the courts. Otto's research laid out in this groundbreaking book will have profound impacts, both today and for the future of humankind.

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Rice farms once flourished on the Bangladeshi island of Kutubdia, in the Bay of Bengal. Now the local rice farmers mine sea salt from the flooded paddies.

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A lone arboreal survivor of coastal erosion in Vunidogoloa, a village on Fiji’s second-largest island of Vanua Levu. In 2014, all 153 villagers needed to reloca