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Why Most Cities Can’t Handle Flooding

The climate crisis is worsening floods around the world – but there’s another reason we see so much damage from these disasters. In many places, infrastructure was built with no regard for increasing rainfalls or warmer temperatures. The good news is that building resilient infrastructure is actually cheaper than recovering from damage after a disaster. We spoke to the Sunrise Movement’s John Paul Mejia and geography professor Jola Ajibade about what it will take to ensure that communities facing increasing floods don’t just survive, but thrive. #flood #infrastructure #climate 00:00 Introduction 00:50 The climate science behind more frequent flooding 01:34 How U.S. infrastructure isn’t ready for global heating 03:30 Nature-based infrastructure 03:55 Social infrastructure 04:18 Capitalism’s role 05:20 Can we stop cities from drowning? 05:39 Building climate resilience is cheaper 06:23 Flexible and sustainable adaptation 07:44 Inequity in extreme weather impacts 08:24 What is an equitable and climate-resilient policy? Subscribe for more videos: https://ajplus.co/subscribe Sign up for subtext, our newsletter about the people and movements driving change in our society: https://ajplus.co/ekdv4 Follow us on Instagram:   / ajplus   Like us on Facebook:   / ajplusenglish   Follow us on Twitter:   / ajplus