Moving People Away from Natural Disaster Areas

Moving People Away from Natural Disaster Areas

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Managed Retreat, Giant Goldfish, Opioid Epidemic

Episode: Managed Retreat, Giant Goldfish, Opioid Epidemic

  • Jun 21, 2022 6:00 am
  • 13:29 mins

A report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world is on track for increasingly catastrophic fires, droughts, floods, and storms without quick action to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What can communities do to prepare for extreme weather like that? Disaster researcher A.R. Siders studies something called “managed retreat” that could help. She’s a professor of public policy at the University of Delaware. (Segment produced by Abby Haralson)