This is our final interview of the first season of Walls Plus One and our last topic is the climate crisis. Louisiana knows all too well the damage caused by hurricanes, and the amount and frequency of those storms is increasing. 

Our guest on this episode is Corey Miller, the director of community resilience at the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. He explains why Louisiana’s is actually a bit ahead of other states regarding research and mitigation efforts thanks to coastal restoration programs. 

“One of the important things for people to understand is that while we do have this wonderful Coastal Master Plan and there’s legislative mandates to continue to reiterate that plan, that plan buys us time.”

The determining factor regarding what will happen next contingent on how we, as a global community, address climate change.  The solution is proactive planning and funding. It will also require some very tough decisions, like knowing when to stop rebuilding.   

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