Featured podcast episodes

How communities in the Lou Island group in Fiji were more prepared for tropical cyclone Rae from past experiences of natural disasters.

For this episode, the podcast episode is asking the question: “Does the colour of your skin make you more vulnerable to climate change?”.

Some Black churches in the Bay Area are retrofitting themselves to become "resilience hubs" in the event of a major storm or climate-related event.

In this podcast, Lucy Easthope finds out how we protect ourselves from these hazards, and whether there is ever such a thing as a ‘natural’ disaster or if they are always the result of political choices.

This podcast explores what happens when acute risks are themselves the product of chronic risks and how society deals with long-term risks within the short-term cycle of politics.

A local community leader in Pohnpei, Micronesia explains how climate change is impacting people close to him and how outer islands are constantly preparing for disasters.

With nearly 40 graves already lost in the Solomon Islands, locals are using coconut trunks to create a barrier and slow down coastal erosion.

In this episode of Beyond the Brink, Kevin Blanchard—an experienced policymaker and advocate for the inclusion of marginalized groups in disaster risk reduction (DRR)—discusses the critical link between climate change and gender-based violence.