The Adaptation Conversation

One-on-one conversations with the leading thinkers and doers in climate change adaptation and resilience. A podcast by climate change practitioners for climate change practitioners, we speak to world-experts to understand the latest best practices and explore the risks and opportunities that climate change brings. These podcasts are brought to you by the Acclimatise: www.acclimatise.uk.com. Acclimatise is a leading consulting firm providing expertise in climate change adaptation and risk management.

Episodes

How much will it cost to meet the Paris temperature goals? With Professor Detlef Van Vuuren

April 21, 2020 • 15 mins

The cumulative costs of achieving the 1.5˚C temperature target outlined in the Paris agreement could be as high as 100 trillion US dollars, a new study has found. However, researchers found that there was a wide range of uncertainty in the forecasts with the low-end estimate being 10 trillion US dollars. In this Conversation on Climate Change Adaptation, we speak to the study's lead author, Professor Detlef Van Vuuren, who works a...

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Communicating Climate Risk and Adaptation With Dr Adam Corner

April 2, 2020 • 35 mins

Knowing how to talk about climate change impacts and the actions taken to curb it isn’t always easy. One of the first things communications specialists will say is that you need to know your audience. Recent research conducted in the UK in November 2019 show that there has been a massive shift in the public’s perceptions about climate change. Climate change came second only to Brexit when respondents were asked which were the main ...

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Making research work for others with Dr Catherine Grasham and Alice Chautard

March 23, 2020 • 13 mins

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Adaptation and Water Security with Dr Catherine Grasham & Dr Ellen Dyer

March 23, 2020 • 12 mins

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Flood Prediction with Dr Louise Arnal

December 16, 2019 • 28 mins

In this podcast, we hear from Dr Louise Arnal, a Flood Forecast Product Designer at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on the advancements that have been made in flood prediction and how it can help policy makers when making decisions about adaptation and resilience measures. @ArnalLouise @ECMWF

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Climate & banking: Chaitanya Kommukuri, Yes Bank.

October 11, 2019 • 13 mins

Financial institutions around the world are beginning to wake up to the reality that climate change will have material impacts on their loan and investment portfolios. Since the Financial Stability Board's Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) released its recommendations in 2017, banks and other financial institutions have been working to understand how climate risks impact their businesses. Mich of the focus of...

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Climate & Law: Wynne Lawrence and Nigel Brook: Clyde & Co

August 1, 2019 • 21 mins

In this Acclimatise Conversation on Climate Change Adaptation, we speak with Clyde & Co lawyers Wynne Lawrence and Nigel Brook, about the emerging field of climate liability risk and the pioneering work that the firm is doing to advise its clients about how to respond. In September 2015 the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, gave his seminal 'Tragedy of the Horizon's' speech, to the insurance market at Lloyd's of London...

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Climate and law: Sarah Barker, Special Counsel and Head of Climate Risk Governance at MinterEllison

July 1, 2019 • 28 mins

Climate change is increasingly being understood as an issue of financial risk to corporates. This has brought the issue to the attention of corporate lawyers like Sarah Barker, Special Counsel and Head of Climate Risk Governance at MinterEllison, the largest commercial law firm in the Asia Pacific. For over six years, Sarah has been a leading voice in the field of climate risk governance for business. As climate change is now wid...

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Climate and law: Marcela Scarpellini: right. based on science

June 20, 2019 • 11 mins

Climate change and its impacts cause hundreds of billions of dollars of damage each year. As the scale of losses increases, so too will the number of legal cases apportioning blame to those most responsible. There have already been over one thousand litigation cases related to climate change, a number that is expected to rise dramatically as climate change continues, and legislation and regulations increase. However, there is anoth...

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The Adaptation Conversation

Episodes

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Making research work for others with Dr Catherine Grasham and Alice Chautard

Adaptation and Water Security with Dr Catherine Grasham & Dr Ellen Dyer

Flood Prediction with Dr Louise Arnal

Climate & banking: Chaitanya Kommukuri, Yes Bank.

Climate & Law: Wynne Lawrence and Nigel Brook: Clyde & Co

Climate and law: Sarah Barker, Special Counsel and Head of Climate Risk Governance at MinterEllison

Climate and law: Marcela Scarpellini: right. based on science

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How much will it cost to meet the Paris temperature goals? With Professor Detlef Van Vuuren

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