Strategies for Climate Resilience, Advancing Equity in Policy, and More

October 18, 2021

If the world fails to adapt to climate shocks, it will suffer from an increased risk of deaths, destruction of capital, and disruptions in economic activity. Matthew Kahn and Somik Lall share different strategies to shore up resilience in the face of a volatile global climate.

“As powerful as rigorous quantitative research may appear on the surface, it can only ever offer a limited perspective on equity.” Tiffany Ford and Annelies Goger argue that by combining qualitative and quantitative methods, policy researchers can generate a deeper understanding of the issues they study.

With the 2022 midterm elections right around the corner, Gabriel Sanchez joins the Brookings Cafeteria podcast to discuss two important constituencies for Democrats—Latino or Hispanic Americans and Native Americans. Also on this episode, Hanna Love lays out three trends shaping the future of rural America that she says the dominant narratives aren’t capturing.

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