CBH Talk | Confronting Climate Change Part 3: Solutions

Confronting Climate Change is a three-part series that explores one of the most urgent issues of our times. Join leading thinkers, scientists, journalists, and advocates for these vitally important conversations.

Part Three: Solutions—From Innovation to Action

Part Three of Confronting Climate Change looks ahead, focusing on solutions and the collective work needed to build a more sustainable future. What tools do we already have to address the climate crisis? What innovations are emerging? And what will it take not just to imagine change, but to implement it at scale?

This conversation brings together experts working across law, planning, and climate adaptation to examine a wide range of responses, from renewable energy and resource efficiency to rethinking how and where we build. Michael Burger, Executive Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, offers insight into the legal strategies and policy frameworks shaping climate action in the U.S. and globally. Jesse M. Keenan, a leading scholar of climate adaptation and urbanism and author of North: The Future of Post-Climate America, explores how cities, infrastructure, and real estate must evolve in the face of rising climate risks. Nadia Seeteram, an adaptation scientist and Director of Buyouts for New York State, brings a ground-level perspective on resilience, focusing on housing, migration, and the difficult but necessary decisions communities face in a changing environment.

Moderated by Rebecca Hersher of NPR’s Climate Desk, this conversation is not only about what can be done, but about the details of how to address climate change in fair and durable ways, and the roles individuals, communities, and institutions can play in driving change. Join to consider the pathways forward, the trade-offs ahead, and how we might move from urgency to action.