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Podcast: Climate Mayhem - Presented By The Daily Marketer
Episode: #98: Floodbase: Co-founder Bessie Schwarz, on Building a Systemic Change Co & Why Focus on Flooding (Part 1)
Description: Bessie Schwarz is Co-founder & CEO of Floodbase, a service that provides flood tracking for disasters and insurance. Powered by satellites, machine learning, and on-the-ground observation, they're on a mission to enable all communities to prepare & respond to climate disasters. 1.5B people face flood risk worldwide, with $15T of economic activity at risk of flooding by 2040. This is climate adaptation at its finest. We dive deep into…what exactly is climate adaptation? What's parametric flood insurance? How is Floodbase enabling all climate adaptation financing? This episode is particularly valuable for…BIG THINKERS! Bessie is the quintessential founder who saw an incr...