Featured podcast episodes

Reaching the outer islands in Tuvalu can be a logistical challenge, so getting disaster preparedness and response messages to the residents has sometimes proven tricky.

This podcast episode forms part of the Flood Resilience Podcast series and aims to share local learnings from best practices related to saving lives and livelihoods and to improve outreach and impact of such resilient practices at a global level.

Members of the public in Tonga, including students participated in tsunami drills to strengthen their awareness and level of preparedness for future natural disasters.

In this podcast episode, Rehana Parveen, a Local Resilience Agent (LRA) from Bangladesh, shares how her role as an LRA is helping to build resilience against flooding in her community.

Fiji's cyclone season is November to April. The Fiji Red Cross has trained 900 volunteers and restocked 36 supply containers for rapid disaster response, including care for the elderly and disabled.

In a 6-part series, 99% Invisible explores how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the American built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap their own survival.

Minh Tran and Dayoon Kim of SEI Asia reflect on their work in climate and disaster research to critique knowledge co-production and find ways for research, policy and action to be more equitable.

“Modern” styles of architecture using concrete and glass have often usurped local building techniques better suited to parts of the world with hotter climates. Now some architects are resurrecting traditional techniques to help keep buildings cool.