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We often treat climate change like an abstract problem measured in invisible metric tons of carbon. But the reality? We don’t feel carbon. We feel water. Whether it’s a dry tap, a receding shoreline, or a unpredictable flood, water is where the climate crisis stops being a data point and starts being a human reality. In this episode of Climate Hive’s What Do You Solve? Show, we sit down with Heather Cooley (Chief Research and Program Officer) and Nicole Wickenhauser (Chief Growth Officer) from the Pacific Institute—a globally respected, nonpartisan think tank that has spent nearly four decades at the forefront of water resilience. Together, we dive into how water demand, supply, and management are shifting in real time, and how we must respond with equity and urgency. "Water is not just part of the climate conversation—it is where climate change becomes visible, urgent, and deeply human." What We Cover In This Episode: The Shifting Tide: How governments, businesses, and communities are forced to rewrite their playbooks on water demand and supply. The Colorado River Crisis: Hard-learned lessons on resilience, resource allocation, and facing systemic limits. Global Stewardship: How international collaboration through the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate is mobilizing corporate collective action. Behavior vs. Systems: Why changing our personal relationship with water is a crucial catalyst for large-scale policy shifts. Reasons for Hope: The innovative solutions and success stories giving the Pacific Institute optimism for the future. If you want to understand where the climate fight is actually being won or lost, you need to understand water. 🎧 Tune in to the full episode now to change the way you look at climate resilience - https://lnkd.in/giCwQAKy 👉 Learn more about their incredible work: https://pacinst.org/ #ClimateHive #PacificInstitute #WaterSecurity #ClimateAction #WaterStewardship #ColoradoRiver #ClimateResilience #Sustainability #WhatDoYouSolve

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