# #104, Kirsten James on Ceres’ Valuing Water Finance Initiative Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863/104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863/104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative.md Podcast: [Talk+Water](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863) Published: 2026-02-25T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042219/episodes/18746185-104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042219/episodes/18746185-104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-water-78863/episodes/104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative Duration seconds: 2416 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. Todd Votteler, Principal of Collaborative Water Resolution and Editor-in-Chief of Texas+Water and the Texas Water Journal, discusses how investors and companies are confronting water-related financial risks with Kristen James, Senior Water Program Director at Ceres. Kirsten directs Ceres' strategy supporting investors and companies in addressing challenges facing our freshwater systems. Her work includes leading the Valuing Water Finance Initia... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-water-78863/episodes/104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-water-78863/104-kirsten-james-on-ceres-valuing-water-finance-initiative.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.