America Adapts - The Climate Change Podcast

In episode 99 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons talks with Rob Moore, the Director of the Water and Climate Team at NRDC, the Natural Resources Defense Council. Doug and Rob talk about flooding and the bureaucratic inertia of flood management. They also discuss the psychology of rebuilding in flood zones. Rob also explains attempts to reform federal flood policies and the challenges of finding funding to help people with buy outs. Also: nature based solutions to flooding; being an adaptation professional; organizational approaches to climate mitigation and adaptation and much more! Donate to America Adapts Listen to America Adapts on your favorite app here! In this Episode: Topics discussed in this episode: Role of NRDC in adaptation planning. Why people keep rebuilding in flood zones (and why they are allowed). The institutional barriers to buy outs. Bureaucracy keeps people from moving. The psychology of getting people to move. The insanity of rebuilding in flood zones. Nature based approaches to flood