Our interviews
An interview with Anita van Breda: Disasters are not natural
An interview with Anita van Breda: Disasters are not natural
An interview with Anita van Breda: Disasters are not natural
We discussed with Anita, a Senior Director of Environment and Disaster Management for World Wildlife Fund, in September 2024 why disasters are not natural, and how we can reduce disaster risk by working with nature...
An interview with Kevin Blanchard about #NoNaturalDisasters
An interview with Anita van Breda: Disasters are not natural
An interview with Anita van Breda: Disasters are not natural
We caught up with Kevin in September 2024 to discuss the #NoNaturalDisasters campaign and why, when people stop using the term “natural disasters”, it can help with reframing how we prepare for a recover from them...
An interview with José Lopes about Cabo Verde
An interview with Anita van Breda: Disasters are not natural
An interview with Viliame Kasanawaqa about Fiji
José spoke with us in May 2024 about the activities taking place on and for Cabo Verde to reduce disaster risk and avoid disasters, and what more can be done for this nation of ten Atlantic islands off the coast of Africa...
An interview with Viliame Kasanawaqa about Fiji
An interview with Bethan Lewis about the work of Plan International
An interview with Viliame Kasanawaqa about Fiji
Viliame spoke with us in April 2024 about the challenges Fiji faces to reduce disaster risk, and what more can be done to avoid disasters on this nation consisting of over 800 volcanic islands and islets...
An interview with James Ellsmoor of Island Innovation
An interview with Bethan Lewis about the work of Plan International
An interview with Bethan Lewis about the work of Plan International
This interview with James held in April 2024 discusses the disaster risks facing societies that live on small islands, how they can respond to the threats that exist, and how they can be supported with their efforts...
An interview with Bethan Lewis about the work of Plan International
An interview with Bethan Lewis about the work of Plan International
An interview with Bethan Lewis about the work of Plan International
In May 2024 Bethan spoke with us about the work of Plan International UK (and Plan International globally), their work to advance children’s rights and equality for girls, and how children can best be supported when they are caught up in different types of disasters...
An interview with Bernadette Sexton about RedR UK
An interview with Navneet Yadav about the work of Doers (in India)
An interview with Navneet Yadav about the work of Doers (in India)
We interviewed Bernadette in April 2024 about the work of RedR UK including their focus on providing training and technical support to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), aid workers, and community groups who respond to disasters around the world...
An interview with Navneet Yadav about the work of Doers (in India)
An interview with Navneet Yadav about the work of Doers (in India)
An interview with Navneet Yadav about the work of Doers (in India)
Navneet sat down with us in March 2024 to discuss the work and activities of Doers in India, how to respond to challenges local communities face, and what more can be done to ensure such communities are equipped and trained to avoid disasters...
An interview with Everbridge about business support to society
An interview with Navneet Yadav about the work of Doers (in India)
An interview with Everbridge about business support to society
We had the pleasure of interviewing Everbridge's CEO, Dave Wagner, their CSO Tracy Reinhold and their Public Affairs Manager, Lorenzo Marchetti in March 2024, about the work of Everbridge for population alerting and communications and also the role businesses can play to support society...
Interviews (cont.)
An interview with Ms Mizutori about the work of UNDRR
An interview with Ruth Ryan about wildfire management in Australia
An interview with Ruth Ryan about wildfire management in Australia
Ms Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) spoke with us in November 2023 about the mission of UNDRR and the UNDRR Work Programme 2024-2025...
An interview with Ruth Ryan about wildfire management in Australia
An interview with Ruth Ryan about wildfire management in Australia
An interview with Ruth Ryan about wildfire management in Australia
Ruth spoke with us in early 2024 about the way that wildfire disasters are being avoided in Australia. We discussed how the country has learned from previous major fires and how it is moving forwards in an inclusive way...
An interview with Rajeev Issar about avoiding disasters
An interview with Ruth Ryan about wildfire management in Australia
An interview with Guillermo Franco about insurance and disaster risk
Rajeev spoke with us in March 2024 about about the work of UNDP in urban resilience and disaster risk, and how people across multiple organisations can work together to make the world’s cities and towns more resilient and sustainable.
An interview with Guillermo Franco about insurance and disaster risk
An interview with Guillermo Franco about insurance and disaster risk
An interview with Guillermo Franco about insurance and disaster risk
Guillermo spoke with us in December 2023 about the role of insurance in avoiding disasters. We discussed new solutions that are being developed and how the insurance industry needs to change to equip itself for the future...
An interview with Gordon Woo about counterfactuals
An interview with Guillermo Franco about insurance and disaster risk
An interview with Gordon Woo about counterfactuals
We caught up with Gordon in November 2023 to discuss how counterfactual thinking can help us to avoid disasters.
In this interview we discussed whether counterfactual analysis is used enough today, and opportunities to increase its usage...
An interview with the team at ImageCat
An interview with Guillermo Franco about insurance and disaster risk
An interview with Gordon Woo about counterfactuals
We were delighted to discuss the work of Shubharoop Ghosh and Marina Mendoza ImageCat in October 2023...
An interview with Peter Williams and Ben Ryan about cities
An interview with Peter Williams and Ben Ryan about cities
An interview with Peter Williams and Ben Ryan about cities
We spoke with Peter and Ben in September 2023 about the work of ARISE-US for cities in avoiding disasters...
An interview with Michel Bruneau about engineering
An interview with Peter Williams and Ben Ryan about cities
An interview with Peter Williams and Ben Ryan about cities
Michel spoke with us in September 2023 about the importance of good structural engineering in avoiding disasters...
An interview with Pete McArdle about EWB Australia
An interview with Peter Williams and Ben Ryan about cities
An interview with Pete McArdle about EWB Australia
We caught up with Pete in June 2023 about the work of Engineers Without Borders Australia and their perspectives...
An interview with Armen Chilingaryan about Armenia
An interview with Emily Wilkinson about SIDS and avoiding disasters
An interview with Pete McArdle about EWB Australia
In this interview with Armen we discuss the details of how disaster risk management is being approached in Armenia...
An interview with Emily Wilkinson about SIDS and avoiding disasters
An interview with Emily Wilkinson about SIDS and avoiding disasters
An interview with Emily Wilkinson about SIDS and avoiding disasters
We discussed the challenges that SIDS face with Emily Wilkinson of the ODI...
An interview with SVRK Prabhakar about climate adaptation
An interview with Emily Wilkinson about SIDS and avoiding disasters
An interview with Emily Wilkinson about SIDS and avoiding disasters
We spoke with SVRK Prabhakar of IGES in June 2023 about climate adaptation and the linkage with disaster risks...