Podcasts on disaster resilience
Discover top podcasts on disaster risk reduction
Welcome to PreventionWeb's curated guide to the most insightful podcasts and podcast episodes on disaster risk reduction and resilience. This selection offers diverse perspectives and expert conversations on the latest strategies, tools, and policies shaping the field.
From in-depth discussions on climate adaptation to innovative approaches in data and disaster preparedness, these podcasts are designed to keep disaster risk reduction (DRR) professionals, policymakers, and enthusiasts informed and inspired.
Dive into each episode to explore actionable insights, hear from global leaders, and uncover community-driven solutions that support a safer, more resilient future.
Voices in Resilience
Diverse perspectives on disaster resilience.
This podcast highlights strategies for preventing environmental disasters and fostering resilience. Produced in Spanish, it adds on a unique regional perspective on disaster risk reduction and sustainability.
By: UNDRR Americas
Pacific Prepared
Empowering Pacific communities.
This podcast is dedicated to preparedness and resilience in the Pacific. It brings together stories and insights from local communities showcasing strategies and initiatives designed to reduce disaster risks and strengthen readiness.
By: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Resilience: The Global Adaptation Podcast
Adaptation for a resilient future.
This podcast explores long-term strategies that blend climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction through discussions with global leaders, focusing on sustainable, community-driven resilience.
By: UNEP
Disasters: Deconstructed
Uncover the roots of disaster.
This podcast dives into the societal, political, and ideological drivers of risk. Challenging conventional narratives, it offers a holistic perspective on disaster risk reduction.
By: Jason and Ksenia
Risk REconsidered
Rethink disaster risk insurance.
This series examines the evolving landscape of disaster risk management, highlighting the crucial role of insurance in building resilience. Ideal for professionals interested in the financial aspects of risk reduction.
By: Swiss Re
Climate Risk Podcast
Navigating climate’s financial impacts.
This podcast explores the financial risks that climate change poses to ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities. Featuring expert insights, it covers essential solutions for mitigating these risks.
By: GARP
The Climate Question
A closer look at climate-linked disasters.
Through engaging discussions with scientists, policymakers, and affected communities, this podcast explores the intersection of climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, offering insights into mitigating the impacts of climate-linked disasters.
By: BBC
Disaster Zone
US disaster management up close.
This podcast explores a wide range of topics in emergency management and homeland security. Host Eric Holdeman brings in experts to discuss disaster response, recovery, mitigation, preparedness, policy, technology, and current issues impacting the field.
By: The Readiness Lab
Sismar
Simplifying Portugal’s seismic risk.
The Portuguese-language podcast addresses seismic risk in Portugal. Hosts Mónica Amaral Ferreira and Alexandra Carvalho invite specialists for relaxed, engaging discussions that explore interesting facts, highlight preventive measures, and empower listeners to live safely with earthquakes.
By: SPES
Wag the Dog
Actionable insights on climate resilience.
This podcast offers insights into risk, crisis, and emergency communications, exploring the impact of technology and AI. Designed for professionals, this series provides practical guidance for navigating the evolving challenges of crisis communication.
By: Wag the Dog Newsletter
Data for DRR
Data-driven solutions for resilience.
This podcast is a key resource for understanding how data can enhance disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Tailored for professionals, it provides foundational insights into harnessing big data to drive DRR. Most episodes are from 2021 and 2022.
By: CODATA
Talks 4 Action
Your podcast about Nature-based Solutions.
This podcast is ideal for anyone committed to impactful DRR practices through nature-based approaches. Though last updated in May 2022, these five episodes offer valuable insights for advancing impactful DRR practices.
By: PEDRR
Counter Crisis
Looking at disaster risk financing.
The episodes delve into pre-arranged financing for crises, from the inadequacy and inequity in its availability to the potential and limitations of new initiatives to protect the climate-vulnerable.
By: Centre for Disaster Protection
Indigenous Climate Hub
Indigenous perspectives on climate change.
This podcast explores climate change topics and environmental challenges, along with discussions on Indigenous ecological knowledge systems and biodiversity using Indigenous perspectives.
By: Indigenous Climate Hub
Climate Alliance Solutions
Local learnings from best practices.
This podcast is a part of the Zurich Climate Resilience Podcast series. The main objective of this podcast is to share the 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.
By: Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
The NOAA Ocean podcast
About coastal science and resilience.
Connect with ocean experts and explore topics from corals to coastal science, hurricane preparedness and sea level rise, with this audio podcast.
By: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The Domestic Preparedness podcast
Get real-world insights for safer communities.
The Domestic Preparedness journal provides developments on emergency preparedness, disaster response, and resiliency to first responders, health professionals, emergency managers, in a succinct and easy-to-access format.
By: Domestic Preparedness
Disrupting Disasters
Doing disasters differently with the experts disrupting disasters around the world.
Experts share stories and learnings from their work, all while discussing how we can improve the way we do disaster preparedness, response and recovery to rise to the level of today’s climate challenges.
By: Disastrous.co
The Good Fire Podcast
The concept of fire as a tool.
This podcast discusses how Indigenous Peoples worldwide use fire as a tool for ecological health and cultural revitalization.
By: Amy Cardinal Christianson and Matthew Kristoff
Risk in Context
Discussions on risk strategy, financing and resilience.
Join risk professionals for conversations about the major risks businesses face today and how you can better understand and more effectively manage them.
By: Marsh
IDRiM Podcast
All things related to disasters.
Whether it’s reviewing current and past disasters, exploring the latest research, providing a platform for young researchers to present their findings, or featuring senior researchers sharing their life stories and career journeys, the podcast delves into a wide range of topics in the field of disaster risk management.
By: IDRiM
Me, Myself and Disaster
Disasters with a human focus.
Me, Myself and Disaster was established to share stories of those who have lived through or managed disasters, with an aim to share knowledge across the industry. The two hosts share a passion to build stronger communities by building greater awareness of risk.
By: Beyond Disaster
The Climate Carrot
Solutions are possible when diverse voices and disciplines come together.
This monthly podcast brings climate science, practice and policy to life through stories, humour, and human experience. Each episode highlights how communities, young people, scientists, and humanitarian actors are responding to climate challenges in different ways.
By: The Climate Centre
Beyond The Brink
Going beyond the surface to inspire action and share knowledge.
Each episode brings together professionals, policymakers, and communities to discuss pressing challenges, innovative solutions, and strategies to build a safer, more sustainable future.
By: Global Safe Hub