Featured podcast episodes

In this episode, Host Teresa Farfan talks with Esri’s Ryan Lanclos about how GIS and AI help officials see risks in real time, make informed decisions, and better support communities before and after disasters.

This podcast episode highlights how thick coastal mangrove coverage in a Fijian village has helped to lessen damage from tsunamis and erosion due to rising sea levels.

In this episode, Rabeya Begum, a resident of the Basherdangi village of Dheukhali Union in Faridpur, explains how early warning voice messages are being used to reach the most vulnerable communities.

Solomon Islands introduces a simple system to help signal ocean conditions to boat users and the general public during emergency and disaster situations.

This podcast episode puts the spotlight on evacuations; in Samoa, for instance, the audience can hear how not having an evacuation plan can have severe consequences on mental health.

There’s a common belief that after experiencing a disaster once, people are better placed the second time, you know what to secure, and what to leave behind. But what toll does this actually take, enduring disaster after disaster?

Villagers of Vunitogoloa in the Ra province – one of the 14 provinces in Fiji - have noticed many changes in recent years, both through development and the impacts of climate change which is taking its toll in low-lying Pacific islands.

In the third and final episode of this season of Counter Crisis, we turn to the Caribbean — a region on the frontlines of the climate crisis — to explore what a faster, smarter disaster response could look like.