This year has seen more record-breaking heatwaves across the subcontinent, leading to immense loss of life and economic output. Given climate change, these heatwaves are likely to be the new reality around the world, especially in Pakistan and India. Both these countries face tremendous risks from extreme weather events, especially heatwaves.

In this episode, Uzair talks to Kathy Baughman McLeod about heatwaves and how we can be better prepared to deal with them. Kathy Baughman McLeod is CEO of Climate Resilience for All, a gender-focused climate adaptation nonprofit dedicated to the protection of people and livelihoods from extreme heat and all its impacts.

Kathy brings a record of executive leadership and impact for public, nonprofit, and private sector institutions including the Arsht-Rockefeller Resilience Center, Bank of America, The Nature Conservancy, and the Office of the State of Florida’s Chief Financial Officer. She was also named by Reuters as one of 20 “Trailblazing Women in Climate for 2024.”

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

2:00 Understand heatwaves

9:50 What are places doing to deal with them

19:40 What should policymakers in Pakistan do

25:10 Adapting to the new climate

36:20 Reading recommendations

Reading Recommendations

- Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

- The Heat Will Kill You First by Jeff Goodell

- All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson