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Featured podcast episodes

This page curates standout episodes from leading podcasts in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience. It showcases recent conversations with practitioners, policymakers, and affected communities on the front lines of risk.

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One Samoan resident explains how he thinks the 2009 tsunami helped to make locals better prepared for disasters in the future

Taking the small positives after a disaster in the Pacific, how one Samoan resident says the 2009 tsunami helped change people’s mind sets.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Summer grab bag: No, disasters aren’t “natural” + Microinfrastructure, heat and adaptation lessons from the global south

They explore the idea of appliances as “microinfrastructure”—from fans and air conditioners that reduce heat risk to refrigeration, cold storage, and solar water pumps that support food security and livelihoods.

America Adapts
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Podcast: Bridging the forecast gap to save lives

The podcast explores the ACACIA Project and how new sub‑seasonal forecasts, local forecasters and community planning (EVCA) come together to reduce the impacts of cyclones and floods in Madagascar.

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
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How climate change is impacting farmers in the Pacific and what can be done to adapt

The Fijian Minister for Agriculture explains how climate change is affecting the country’s vital farming sector.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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ARA podcast – Making the invisible visible: locally led adaptation as care

Focusing on care within Locally Led Adaptation is not about being “nice”; it is about being effective. It involves addressing the power imbalances that sustain systemic inequities.

weADAPT
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Pacific Prepared Podcast: ‘Learned a lot from my father and our ancestors’ Tongan resident explains the importance and relevance of traditional knowledge alongside modern technology

How the youngest female employee of the Tongan weather service is in love with her job and her advice is to people during quiet times with no disasters.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Farming podcast: building resilience through soil and water management

In this episode, Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) adviser Hannah Barrett speaks to two arable farmers. Charlie Ennals farms in Norfolk and Thomas Gent farms in Cambridgeshire.

United Kingdom - government
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Pacific Prepared Podcast: It’s hoped that a new type of early warning system for Tonga will help people to be more prepared for disasters

An early warning system is being rolled out by the Tongan government and they’re hoping it will change the way people are able to respond to disasters.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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