Climate Changers

Boulder as a Vanguard Climate City with Jonathan Koehn

Episode Summary

In this episode, we sit down with Jonathan Koehn, Boulder’s Director of Climate Initiatives, to unpack what it really takes to build street-level climate resilience. Moving past high-level emissions targets, Jonathan explains how Boulder is operationalizing its restructured climate tax to fund neighborhood microgrids, protect vulnerable communities first, and help residents execute property-level wildfire defense. We dive into the practical realities of deep adaptation and discuss how hyper-local initiatives like *Cool Boulder* turn climate anxiety into agency right in our own backyards.