America Adapts - The Climate Change Podcast

Doug Parsons talks with Dr. V. Kelly Turner, an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Geography at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Doug and Kelly discuss: the need to create governance and regulation around extreme heat; decoupling disaster heatwave response to long term planning for it; how can social media amplify disaster messaging; the pros and cons of cool pavements and should we name heat waves. And we also hear about some innovative street art using reflecting paint! Donate to America Adapts Listen to America Adapts on your favorite app here! Topics discussed in this episode: Unintended consequences on using cool pavements in LA. How to we address climate and thermal equity in urban planning? Making heat “visible” to people so they prioritize addressing it. Cool surfaces and art in Los Angeles We need to form a governance structure around dealing with extreme heat (like we do with air and water). Should we regulate heat like a pollutant. We are not framing the threat of heat properly. Ch