Managed Retreat: When Climate Hits Home
Climate One
Climate One
4.7 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hear that? It's your big McDonald's hunger calling, because the Big Arch is back, and this time it's here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that Big Arch sauce. |
| 0:09.9 | Hungry, you are now. Order delivery on the McDonald's app. |
| 0:15.0 | Serve from 11am, upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders. Subjects availability, price and participation may vary. |
| 0:21.0 | This is Climate 1. I'm Greg Dalton. I'd like to hear your comments on the show, |
| 0:25.6 | topics we should cover, and guest suggestions. You can reach me at Greg at climate one.org. |
| 0:31.2 | As climate threats intensify and sea levels rise, coastal communities are some of the first |
| 0:36.0 | to face hard questions about relocating. |
| 0:38.9 | There are just some places where despite what you build a building from, how high you put it |
| 0:43.9 | above the ground, it still might not make sense to actually be building there. |
| 0:49.1 | Some cities are doubling down with investments in more resilient and flexible design. |
| 0:54.1 | For every dollar we spend on Manjitreat, the estimates are that you save $4 to $8. |
| 0:59.0 | So that's a pretty incredible return on investment financially in terms of avoiding those losses. |
| 1:04.2 | But even voluntary managed retreat raises a slew of questions about equity. |
| 1:09.4 | If we retreat, where are our community members going to go? |
| 1:12.0 | And how do we ensure that when community members move up land, |
| 1:16.0 | that they're not further gentrifying communities? |
| 1:20.5 | When it comes to rising seas and other climate threats, |
| 1:23.7 | how do we figure out when to stay and when to go? |
| 1:26.9 | The concept of managed retreat, essentially abandoning homes or towns, is unpopular, |
| 1:32.5 | but it's gaining momentum, particularly in places facing increased climate disruption, |
| 1:37.2 | such as floods and wildfires. |
| 1:39.8 | Axios recently highlighted how several big corporations are responding. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Climate One, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Climate One and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

