The Climate Guru Ep. 35 - Planning Ahead: Where to Move to Avoid Climate Change Fall-Out in the US

About this episode

Brent discusses the safest places to live in the US as climate change accelerates, exploring both physical and social resilience factors.

In this episode of the Climate Guru, Brent breaks down one of the biggest questions people are asking as climate change accelerates: where is the safest place to live in the United States over the coming decades. Rising temperatures sea level rise stronger storms wildfires drought and water scarcity are already reshaping where communities can safely and sustainably exist. Brent walks through the science behind these risks and explains how different regions of the US are being affected now and what climate scientists project through the end of the century. The conversation explores why some regions are emerging as relative climate havens including the Great Lakes and upper Midwest inland Northern New England and parts of the inland Pacific Northwest. Brent explains what makes these areas more resilient including access to fresh water lower extreme heat risk reduced exposure to hurricanes and sea level rise and fewer wildfire threats. This episode also goes beyond physical climate risks to examine social and economic resilience. Brent discusses why community support infrastructure healthcare housing insurability and economic diversity matter just as much as geography when choosing…

People in this episode

Host: Brent Probinsky

Topics covered

• climate change
• safety
• resilience
• geography
• community support
• economic diversity

Keywords

• climate change
• safety
• resilience
• Great Lakes
• wildfires
• sea level rise
• community support
• economic diversity

Mentioned in this episode

Places: United States, Great Lakes, upper Midwest, Northern New England, inland Pacific Northwest, coastal and Gulf states

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