In this episode, focused on assets – the structures, schemes, and defences that keep us safe and protected - Phil is joined by Claire Francis, Area Flood and Coastal Risk Manager for the Environment Agency, Solent and South Downs, along with JBA’s Richard Chubb, Associate Director, and Alec Dane, Chartered Civil Engineer. Together, they explore the shift towards greater shared responsibility and the role the ‘whole of society’ has to play in safeguarding people from the impacts of our changing climate. What are the current pressures to ensure people's safety by investing in and maintaining assets while also building societal resilience? The two go hand in hand, although sometimes that may not be the perception.

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In Episode 9 of the Climate Resilience Podcast, Phil is joined by JBA's Emergency Planning Lead Toby Jones and Global Resilient Cities Network's Karl Astbury. Together, they dive into whole-society resilience, exploring how communities, businesses and governments can work together to build a more inclusive, people-centred approach to resilience.

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In Episode 8 of the Climate Resilience Podcast, Phil is joined by JBA's Iain Armstrong, Principal Planning Consultant, and planning expert Bart Milburn. Together, they explore how planning and development can shape sustainable, resilient communities - places where people can live, work, and thrive. 

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In episode 7 of the Climate Resilience Podcast, Phil is joined by Lucy Formoy, JBA's Social Value and Engagement Lead, and Kat Cornfield, Social Equity Senior Advisor at the Environment Agency. Together, they explore the critical role of social value in building whole-society resilience to climate change.

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In episode 6 of the Climate Resilience Podcast, Phil is joined by Elizabeth Rapoport, Chair of London Surface Water Strategic Group for a conversation where they dive into her roles and the experiences that have shaped her work.

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In Episode 5 of JBA's Climate Resilience Podcast, Phil welcomes Charles McAllister, JBA's Technical Director and Energy Lead, for a compelling discussion on the energy sector's role in addressing climate change.

While earlier episodes have centered on climate hazards, this episode broadens the focus to examine the synergy between energy and climate resilience. Drawing on Charles' insights from JBA's Climate Resilience Week, 'Energy Sector and Climate Change: Resilience in a Low-Carbon Future', Phil and Charles explore the UK's ambitious journey towards achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.

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This episode stems from a slightly provocative post on X by Matt Hogan. he simply asked- 'In the context of emergency management, does recovery even exist?'

Matt, Evie and Phil take a deep dive into this.

Matt Hogan is the Deputy Head of Resilience at the Greater London Authority and his background is in Emergency Management in various health sector organisations. Matt's current role is to ensure that resilience partners across London can effectively prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents.

Evie Whatling is an Analyst at JBA Consulting and has been in the consultancy field since 2019. Having completed her degree in Disaster Management and Emergency Planning.

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Today's episode has a celebratory feel to it as Phil is joined by special guests Hannah Burgess and Peter Rook, the new President and Junior President of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).

Hannah Burgess is the new CIWEM President and Regional Delivery Director at Binnies. Peter Rook is the CIWEM Junior President and Chartered Senior Analyst at JBA.

CIWEM is a community of 11,000 members in 81 countries with a common goal in looking after the planet in a sustainable way for future generations. 

This episode is focused around the CIWEM presidential themes of resilience and adaptation as Phil discusses these with Hannah and Peter and their plans for the year ahead. 

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In Episode 2, 'Embedding Resilience through effective Change Management', Phil is joined by JBA colleague, Neil Wiseman and special guest, Harjit Lota from NorthHighland.

Harjit is a Client Director in the UK public sector team at North Highland. He has worked in the public sector for over 20 years with a systems thinking background. His experience includes working on rail and road infrastructure, developing decarbonisation and social value change.  

Neil Wiseman is the team leader for JBA’s Climate and Sustainability team, based in Saltaire; the team covers a wide range of projects including climate change risk assessments and adaptation planning, natural capital and ecosystems services, and decarbonisation strategies and implementation plans as well as an assortment of policy, strategy, and research work. 
Neil has a background in public and not-for-profit sectors and completed an MBA that had a focus on tackling complex societal issues and included ethnographic approaches to research.

The theme of this episode is change management - with our changing Climate what's worked in the past won't necessarily be our solution for tomorrow or tomorrow's tomorrow. Things need to change!

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Episode 1 is slightly different, Phil Emonson is joined by Steve Thompsett and Jenny Broomby.
Jenny is JBA's Catchment and Resilience Lead  with a range of experience across various environmental disciplines. 
Steve Thompsett is our Head of Water Management. With over 25 years of experience in the flood, water and environmental sector and is a former president of CIWEM. 

We wanted to start at the beginning so the theme of this episode is 'What is resilience to climate change?'

Phil, Jenny and Steve will take a deep dive into this and unpick how we have got to this point and what this all means for society going forward. 

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