Delta Dispatches

Thanks for listening to this week’s episode! Today, Simone and Jacques talk about the ongoing efforts by Louisiana's state agencies and nonprofits to increase coastal resilience in relation to climate change. First, we catch up with Jeannette Dubinin, the Director of Resilience and Adaptation for the Center for Planning Excellence, or CPEX. She talks about some of their exciting new projects and their free virtual Smart Growth Summit that is currently underway -- and accepting participants (https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsummit.cpex.org%2Fregister.&data=02%7C01%7Cjhebert%40edf.org%7C6cf3b8f0ef7f436edae908d8706beb4d%7Cfe4574edbcfd4bf0bde843713c3f434f%7C0%7C0%7C637382956117667552&sdata=inSS%2Bm%2BV%2B%2B%2B4y5xnfIjxAlyqrR%2FcJw%2B1rfVKrN9%2FB3o%3D&reserved=0)! Their next session is focused on green infrastructure (https://www.facebook.com/centerforplanningexcellence/photos/a.468217931361/10157000250536362/) in Louisiana. Louisiana's first Chief Resilience Officer Charles Sutcli