Featured podcast episodes

An update on the latest COVID-19 situation in Samoa, the village taking a natural approach to disaster mitigation with some success and what can be learnt about disaster planning from weather forecasting.

As Pacific braces for rainfall Tuvalu battles drought, the Fiji military pivots from the pandemic to preparing for disaster, and the latest approaches to taking the disaster preparedness message to the people of the Pacific.

Two Pacific nations take on the challenge of making sure people only act upon quality information this cyclone season, what to do if threatened by a bushfire, and a reminder that being prepared doesn’t have to be hard work, it can be fun.

The STARTcast is a podcast created by START for early- and mid-career scientists.

Some scientists, shocked by recent extreme weather events, are beginning to worry they’ve underestimated how quickly the climate will change. In some parts of the world, the global projections for how the climate will change don’t match the reality.

Palau calls on some friends to bolster its emergency response, how the disasters of the past can help us today, how to be ready for the threat of bushfire and what can Fiji do to protect itself from tsunami with limited resources.

Urgent action is required before it is too late. Whether we like it or not, it is a question of when - not if - we will have to deal with the security impacts of climate change.

PADF and the NASA Disasters Program are supporting the design of risk reduction strategies that target the needs of the most vulnerable people in the region.