Innovation in Adaptation: Emily Wasley & Jessica Hellmann

On March 7, 2024, the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center hosted Emily Wasley, lead author of the Adaptation Chapter of the 5th National Climate Assessment, as our inaugural Innovation in Adaptation speaker.
Emily, currently head of climate resilience and biodiversity for Meta, is a thought leader in the field of climate adaptation with almost two decades of experience. She joined Jessica Hellmann, MW CASC consortium director and executive director of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, in a thought-provoking conversation about the Fifth National Climate Assessment, centering equity in adaptation, and the need to move from incremental to transformative adaptation.