Weathering the Storm: Mayors of Houston, Miami and Columbia

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🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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2017 brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. And those are just the ones with names – other areas of the country were hit by floods, fires and drought. How do we fight back? The mayors of three cities on the frontline of climate change – Houston, Miami, and Columbia, South Carolina - discuss what their cities are doing to recover, rebuild and prepare for the next mega storm. Steve Benjamin, Mayor, Columbia, South Carolina Francis Suarez, Mayor, Miami, Florida Sylvester Turner, Mayor, Houston, Texas This program was recorded at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Climate One, changing the conversation about energy, economy, and the environment.
0:08.0	Today, we hear from the mayors of three cities that are coping with the environmental and economic fallout caused by extreme weather events.
0:15.0	80% of the city was without electricity after Irma.
0:18.0	You know, on day nine, it gets real.
0:20.0	You know, I mean, it's like the program walking dead.
0:23.6	That's Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.
0:26.5	U.S. cities were pummeled by hurricanes, floods, and fires last year.
0:30.4	As federal disaster funding is stretched to the limit, cities are left to pick up the slack.
0:35.0	But Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has a message for Congress.
0:38.4	Don't just provide us with enough funding
0:40.1	to put us back where we were prior to Harvey.
0:43.0	What we are needing now is funding
0:44.6	to build a much more resilient city
0:46.7	because there will be another storm.
0:49.4	Climate change is real.
0:51.4	Weathering the storm,
0:52.5	the mayors of Houston, Miami, and Columbia.
0:55.2	Up next on Climate One.
1:04.7	Climate change is wreaking havoc on our cities.
1:07.5	How can they fight back?
1:09.2	Welcome to Climate One, changing the conversation about America's
1:12.4	energy, economy, and environment. Climate One conversations with oil companies and environmentalists,
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