Climate Proofers: Michael Berkowtiz On Capturing The Resilience Dividend

Michael Berkowitz is spreading the gospel of climate resilience across academic disciplines, communities, and industries.

As Executive Director of the Climate Resilience Academy at the University of Miami, he’s responsible for driving problem-driven research and education on climate adaptation and resilience and training the next generation of climate proofers.

In this episode, he talks about the idea of “resilience dividends” — the spillover benefits that come from investing in resilience — and the ways in which they can be captured and monetized by private and public actors.

He also explores why Miami has emerged as a hub for climate resilience companies and takes us through some of the adaptation innovations being pioneered in southern Florida.

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We talk about:

👉 How “resilience dividends” accrue and the challenges apportioning the benefits (and responsibilities) of positive resilience impacts across society

👉 Ways in which “resilience dividends” can be monetized, for example by structuring new kinds of social impact bonds

👉 How Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality could help engage communities with resilience initiatives

👉 The climate adaptation companies that are making a splash in Miami-Dade County

👉 Why we need to rethink climate risk communications

Future guests include Alex Kennedy of Standard Chartered, Kathy Baughman McLeod, CEO of Climate Resilience For All, and Bill Green of Climate Adaptive Infrastructure.

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Louie Woodall
Editor