The Disasters Avoided newsletter: Edition #10 - September 2025

In the run-up to climate change's COP30 meeting in Belém, Brazil, the focus of this edition is disasters and the climate - where they intersect and how to think clearly about these interrelated areas. It contains the following:

1. A Viewpoint from Taichi Minamitani, a Director at JICA.
2. Viewpoints from ourselves about disasters and the climate.
3. An interview (click here to access or scroll down to the Interviews section) with Andy Revkin, Environmental Journalist and Founder of Sustain What.
4. An interview (click here to access or scroll down to the Interviews section) with Roger Pielke, Jr., American Enterprise Institute and Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder.
5. An interview (click here to access or scroll down to the Interviews section) with Lucy Easthope, Expert and Adviser on Emergency Planning and Disaster Recovery.
6. Some of our published case studies, and examples of news and research from around the world on climate-related matters for avoiding disasters and disaster risk reduction.

To access all published editions of the Disasters Avoided Newsletter, please visit the Newsletter section of our website, disastersavoided.com. As always, if you have any suggestions on areas that could focus on moving forwards, please do let us know.