COVERAGE OF THE CLIMATE STORY
CHEDDAR HAS PLEDGED ITS
COMMITMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE
STORIES HEADING INTO CLIMATE
WEEK.
EXPERTS ARE SAYING THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE IS MAKING EXTREME
WEATHER OR EVEN MORE SEVERE
JUST THE PAST FEW WEEKS WE'VE
SEEN HURRICANE DORIAN DESTROYED
PARTS OF
THE BAJA THOMAS CALIFORNIA HAS
SEEN INCREASINGLY INTENSE FIRE
SEASONS.
IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE JUST
EXPERIENCED ITS
HOTTEST. SO SUMMER ON RECORD
MANY DISASTERS MAY SEEM LIKE
THEY'RE FREAK ACCIDENTS.
BUT SOME EXPERTS
ARE SAYING THAT THEY'RE MORE
LIKELY THAN WE MAY THINK AND
THAT
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM ENOUGH
ELIZA BARCLAY FROM BOX WRITES
ABOUT HOW THERE ARE 3
GREEN NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS THAT
COULD DEVASTATE THE UNITED
STATES AND JOINS US NOW TO TALK
ABOUT THEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING ON.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME OK
SO WHAT ARE THE 00:03AM NIGHT
THERE ARE SCENARIOS THAT YOU
SAY WE ARE REALLY PLANNING
ENOUGH FOR.
>> SO MY COLLEAGUES AND THOUGHT
A LOT ABOUT
THIS ABOUT.
>> CHOOSING A FEW SOME AREAS
AND OF COURSE THERE'S ACTUALLY
A LOT OF OPTIONS BECAUSE
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND
OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS THAT
ARE EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE
CHANGE THAT WOULD PROBABLY WILL
SEE
MORE OF IN THE US, BUT WE ENDED
UP PICKING 3 CITIES FOR YOUR
REGION AND THAT ARE PARTICULAR
THEY HAVE PARTICULAR WELL
NUMBER
BOEHNER ABILITIES. EXTREME
WEATHER. WE CHOSE THAT
TAMPA FLORIDA WHICH IS A
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
CITIES ON THE GULF COAST IN THE
EAST COAST TO A HUGE HURRICANE
BECAUSE OF
TAMPA
BAY AND IT COULD EXPERIENCE THE
CITIES AROUND THAT THAT BIG
EXPERIENCE
EXTREME FLOODING. IF A CATEGORY
5 HURRICANE WERE TO
HIT IT. WE ALSO CHOSE PHOENIX
ARIZONA. IT IS THE FASTEST WARM
BEING CITY IN AMERICA OF COURSE
WE KNOW IT'S A HOT PLACE TO
BEGIN WITH, BUT IT'S ALSO THE
FASTEST WARMING ONE OF THE
FASTEST
WARMING CITIES AND IF THAT HEAT
WAVE WE'RE TO HEAD A REALLY
EXTREME HEAT WAVE. IT WOULD BE
TO TAKE GILLEY VULNERABLE TO
ALL
KINDS OF DIFFERENT
WE ALSO CHOSE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF COURSE
IT'S A HIGHLY POPULATED AREA
AND IT IS IT STREAM LEE PRONE
TO WILDFIRES AND WE'VE SEEN OF
COURSE A LOT OF RECENT
WILDFIRES IN THAT REGION AND
OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA AND I
WORKED WITH US I WROTE THAT
STORY AND I WORKED WITH THE
SCIENTISTS TO HELP MODEL Y
WOULD BE TRULY THE LARGEST
WILDFIRE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
HIT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO THOSE ARE THE 3 THAT WE
CHOSE BUT HONESTLY WEEK THERE'S
A LOT OF REGIONS IN THE US
BETTER SUSCEPTIBLE TO ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT EXTREME WEATHER
EVENTS WE JUST WENT WITH A
COUPLE OF POSSIBILITY, SO WHAT
CAN WE DO
OR WALKING.
>> THE CITY'S DUE TO BE MORE
PREPARED FOR THESE POTENTIAL
SCENARIOS.
>> WELL THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
AND OF COURSE EACH ONE
HAS DIFFERENT. IT'S IT'S CITY
AND EACH TYPE OF WEATHER EVENT
AT DIFFERENT OTHER DIFFERENT
WAYS TO PREPARE FOR THEM SO IN
THE
CITIES THAT ARE PRONE TO
HURRICANE OF COURSE THEY SAID
WE FOCUSED ON TAMPA BUT REALLY
THIS GOES FOR
ANY CITY. ON THE GOLD COAST OR
THE EAST BECAUSE.
>> REALLY THEY'RE ALL
VULNERABLE TO HURRICANES FROM
THE ATLANTIC. I THINK ONE OF
THE BIGGEST THINGS NOW IT IS
WHERE WE BUILDING YOU KNOW, AND
WE CHOOSE TO BUILD
GOING FORWARD, WE KNOW NOW THAT
THERE'S SO MANY.
REGIONS ON COASTAL REGIONS
WHERE THE FLOODING IS GOING TO
BE VERY SEVERE IF WE KEEP
BUILDING AND AND THAT'S
PARTICULARLY TRUE IN A PLACE
LIKE CANNES BUT IF TAMPA COURT
WERE TO BE HIT
HURRICANE THAT IT COULD BRING
STORM SURGE FLOODING AND
THERE'S AND THERE'S A LOT AREAS
OF TAMPA THAT ARE STILL BEING
DEVELOPED THAT WOULD BE RIGHT
IN HARM'S
WAY AND I THINK THERE'S A
STRONG ARGUMENT FOR WHY WE
SHOULD BE RESTRICTING BUILDING.
IN THOSE HIGH-RISK
FLOOD ZONES IN THE
CASE OF A
WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS THAT
THERE'S A LOT THE WAY CLIMATE
CHANGE FACTORS AND HERE
IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS
MAKING THE AIR DRYER. AND AND
ALSO HOTTER OF COURSE
AND THAT IN CALIFORNIA LEADING
THE DRYING OUT OF TREES AND
SHRUBS AND THAT BASICALLY
CREATES MORE POTENTIAL TO FEEL
SO IF THERE IS A SPARK THEN
THERE'S MORE FOR THEIR MORE
TO BURN.
AND SO 1 ONE WAY TO ADDRESS
THIS IS TO TRY TO MOVE SOME OF
THAT FUEL AND I THINK THAT
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS
THAT CALIFORNIA IS NOW THEY
THEY'VE GIVEN ALL ALL
THE WILDFIRES THE SEVERE
WILDFIRES LIKE THE CAMPFIRE
LAST YEAR WHICH OF COURSE
KILLED 86 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN OF
PARADISE. AND A LOT OF OTHER
ELITE STATING FIRES, CALIFORNIA
AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE
INVESTING AND MORE AND MORE NOW
IN
TRYING TO AND REMOVE SOME OF
THOSE DEAD TREES DRY TREES THAT
ARE OUT THERE SO THERE'S LESS
TO BURN WHEN THE NEXT WILDFIRE
COMES ALONG. AND THE CASE IN
PHOENIX I THINK IT'S ABOUT ALSO
ABOUT BUILDING YOU KNOW HOW CAN
AT THE URBAN
HEAT ISLAND EFFECT IS AFFECTING
PHOENIX VERY INTENSELY. IT'S OF
COURSE AFFECTING A LOT OF OTHER
CITIES. AND SO ONE OF THE
THINGS WE KNOW NOW IF WE NEED
TO TO ACTUALLY USE THE PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT AND TO TRY TO COOL
DOWN CITIES. WE ALSO NEED TO
PLANT MORE TREES AND WE NEED TO
STOP
CONVERTING TREES AND SOILED
INTO. INTO BUILDINGS.
IS THERE
ANYWHERE THE DO YOU THINK IS
ACTUALLY DOING IT RIGHT I THINK
LONDON SAID THEY WERE GOING TO
PLAN ABOUT IT MILLION TREES ARE
THERE ANY CITIES THAT YOU POINT
TO YOU KNOW
IT THERE.
>> THEY'RE BEING PROACTIVE OR
COUNTRIES THAT YOU SAY THEY'RE
BEING PROACTIVE AND THEY'RE
TAKING STEPS THAT WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> YEAH THAT'S A REALLY
INTERESTING QUESTION I THINK
THAT.
>> AROUND THE WORLD YOU CAN
FIND A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF
CITIES THAT ARE DOING MUCH MORE
TO PREPARE AND DAK TO A
CHANGING CLIMATE. YES, I THINK
I'M ALIVE AND IT'S ANOTHER CITY
THAT IS
COMMITTED TO TREE-PLANTING
CAMPAIGN ETHIOPIA AND GOT A LOT
OF IT AND
JEN BORE PLAN AN EXTRAORDINARY
NUMBER OF TREES THAN
JUST ONE A FEW WEEKS I THINK IN
COASTAL.
>> AND THERE AND
THE US ARE THERE ARE MORE
CITIES NOW THAT ARE LIKE NEW
YORK CITY I THINK IS IS TRYING
IS DOING SOME INTERESTING
THINGS LIKE RESTORING THE
OYSTER BEDS. OUTSIDE OF THE
IN ORDER WHICH WHICH CAN
PROTECT THE SHORELINE
FROM STORMS. AND AND CHARTED TO
CREATE BUFFER SO THERE'S A LOT
OF OPPORTUNITY I THINK
I'M COASTAL AREAS TO CREATE
MORE NATURAL BUFFER IF YOU KNOW
WHAT WETLANDS WITH OYSTER BEDS
SO THAT THAT THE FLOODING IS
NOT SO SEVERE AND I THINK MORE
AND
MORE CITIES ARE REALIZING HOW
THOSE ARE WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT
TO WHEN BECAUSE YOU KNOW THESE
DISASTERS,
I MEAN IT'S WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE THEY'LL HIT BUT
BUT TO SOME EXTENT THEY'RE
THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
INEVITABLE. ALRIGHT ELIZAH
BARCLAY A
>> GREAT INSIGHT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, IT'S SCARY BUT PEOPLE
WAKE UP 2 HUGE PROBLEM THAT
WE'RE FACING THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GOOD
IN A PRETTY GOOD.