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On this episode, Carolina Marghidan Pereira is hosting the show and interviews Nathalie Doswald, Senior Officer for Nature-based Solutions at the IFRC, and Veronica Ruiz, Nature-based Solutions Program Officer at IUCN. They discuss the benefit
Was that climate change? That's the question that comes up after a devastating storm, flood, or heatwave. Scientists are now able to give us an answer, and relatively quickly! This week Margot Curl, Manager Innovative Engagement and Youth at t
Do you remember a moment when you got a chance to make significant progress or change happen? That is the goal of a new network, created by and for African researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and take action on cl
Promoting hand-washing and providing people with toilets are two interventions for a field of work called "WASH" which stands for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. This month, I learn about what WASH has to do with the climate and how such bas
It's June! That means temperatures are rising around the northern hemisphere as we enter the summer months. This year we held the first ever, Heat Action Day, on June 14th, 2022, with over 50 heat flashmobs performed in cities and towns around
Water is essential to all human life, and yet it's a challenge to match the needs of people with the availability of water throughout the year. There may be too much, or too little water or the water may be polluted and unusable. On top of this
Back in July 2020, we told you about a new frontier in forecasting, Impact-based Forecasts, that tell us "what the weather will do." Now, we are back with season 3 and bringing you the experiences of the people who are trying to build Impact-ba
The world of corporations is finally starting to take climate change seriously. What are they doing and what are the motivations of companies taking climate action? How skeptical should you be every time you see company announce a climate pledg
As world leaders gather at COP26, we discuss the report that underpins it all. The IPCC released part 1 of its Sixth Assessment report on our physical understanding of climate change. I spoke with two IPCC authors, Dr. Sonia Seneviratne of ET
In this episode we talk about what happens when climate and conflict mix to create a whole new set of vulnerabilities. Catalina Jaime from the Climate Centre tells us that the climate doesn't quite cause conflict, but it can be a factor and sh
In this episode of the Can't Take the Heat podcast, we are zooming into the interface of climate and health. Kristen Aunan tells us why climate and health research needs to inform climate adaptation and policy, while Antonio Gasparrini talks ab
In this episode we talk about Missing Maps - the collaboration between the humanitarian and mapping communities to preemptively map parts of the world where disasters and disease epidemics might occur. Andrew Braye from the British Red Cross te
Two of the biggest trends of this century are urbanisation and climate change. In fact, by 2050 more than two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in urban areas, and 90 percent of this increase will be in Asia and Africa. At the sam
In the northern hemisphere, as countries were starting to enter the hottest time of the year, the world shut down in lockdowns intended to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. What happened to people living in informal settlements who had t
The IFRC's Climate:RED summit brought together 10,000 participants from countries around the world to talk about climate issues and humanitarian work. This episode contains snippets from a session in which climate science experts answered audie
Talking about your personal experience with climate change is one of the most powerful ways to grow the climate movement, according to young people at the forefront of the movement. In this week's episode, I spoke with Abby Kleiman, a Junior at
In part-two of our series on what it takes to keep people safe from extreme heat in New York City, I interview Sonal Jessel, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at WE ACT for Environmental Justice. She talks about how decades old policies and decis
What does it take to keep people in one of the largest cities in the world safe from extreme heat? I interview Kizzy Charles-Guzman, the Deputy Director of the New York City Mayor's Office of Resiliency, about what the City does every time a he
How many times have you been to a meeting that could have been an email? Or you are listening to someone give a powerpoint, and you have something interesting to add, or a question to ask, but theres simply no time for interaction? There is a t
Meteorologists have been forecasting the weather for centuries. Our ability to predict how hot it will be, or how much it will rain has improved a lot over time! Now, scientists are going a step further. They want to predict the impacts of extr
In this episode we discuss the ground-breaking work of one group of humanitarians determined to act early, before disasters happen. We follow the story of Forecast-based Financing (FBF) - a term that was coined at an Oktoberfest in 2012 - that
In our pilot episode we are discussing heatwaves! Heatwaves are surprisingly deadly, killing thousands of people every year... that we know of. There are probably many more deaths that aren’t counted, especially in places where it's hot all yea
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