What Can We Do About Wildfires? With Convective Capital’s Bill Clerico

This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad sit down with Bill Clerico, founder of Convective Capital, an early stage venture fund focused on technology-driven solutions for wildfire mitigation and climate resilience. The wildfires in Los Angeles have caused unprecedented property damage and immense hardship for countless individuals and families. This episode is devoted to diving into understanding what happened and what we can do in the future. Bill shares his insights into the increasing severity of wildfires, the role of policy, and how infrastructure issues, like outdated building codes and underfunded utilities, are contributing to the crisis. They discuss the latest innovations in fire-fighting technology, from advanced detection to drones, and how these tools can help mitigate future damage.

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Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Why are wildfires getting worse?
5:37 Policies and regulatory decisions
10:47 Housing: building codes and permitting
13:19 Key factors in response
16:20 Improving water supply and city infrastructure
19:10 Preventing wildfires
21:26 Underinvestment in California’s utilities
26:53 Innovative fire fighting technology
29:35 Accelerating Los Angeles’ recovery
34:29 Actions homeowners, insurance companies, and governments can take