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Climate Proofers: Kathy Baughman McLeod On Building Climate Resilience For All

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Extreme heat wrecks lives and livelihoods throughout the Global South. Women are especially vulnerable to high temperatures because of an array of physiological, cultural, and economic factors — but also find it harder to access the resources needed to increase their resilience to this peril.

Climate Resilience For All is a non-profit dedicated to the protection of women and vulnerable communities from extreme heat and all its impacts. Their tagline is: “When women are climate resilient, we will all be climate resilient,” reflecting a belief that by supporting women against heat impacts we can strengthen communities as a whole. 

Kathy Baughman McLeod, the CEO of Climate Resilience For All, joins today’s episode to talk about how the group came about, the importance of promoting heat resilience among women, and what financial solutions are proving effective at supporting vulnerable populations.

Listen below, download from the Podcasts page on Climate Proof, or tune in via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

We talk about:

👉 How heat impacts disproportionately affect women

👉 Climate Resilience For All’s approach to supporting vulnerable populations

👉 The importance of income support and insurance in allowing women to bounce back stronger from heat impacts

👉 The UN’s recent Call to Action on Extreme Heat

Future guests include Alex Kennedy of Standard Chartered, Bill Green of Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, and Kathryn Brown of The Wildlife Trusts.

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Thanks for listening!

Louie Woodall
Editor