Counter Crisis

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Apr 2025

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A three-part series by the Centre for Disaster Protection looking at disaster risk financing

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April 28, 2025Episode 333 min

S2 Ep 3: A brighter future for global disaster response?

Hurricane Beryl left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean – homes torn apart, power lines downed, entire communities devastated. But this time, something was different. Just eight days after landfall, a record $55.5 million in prearranged insurance payouts was triggered, delivering emergency funds when they were needed most. Could this be the future of disaster response? In this episode of Counter Crisis, Jeevan Vasagar speaks to Elizabeth Riley and Colin Bruce about why prearranged financing is more cost-effective than reactive aid – and what it will take to scale it up before the next crisis strikes. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

April 21, 2025Episode 231 min

S2 Ep 2: Breaking the cycle of response and recovery

In 2016, Cyclone Winston devastated Fiji – flattening villages, cutting power, and leaving hundreds of thousands in urgent need. But as the crisis unfolded, aid stalled. Bureaucracy delayed funding, costing time and lives. Nine years later, the system remains broken. Disaster response is fragmented, and vulnerable nations are left waiting. With foreign aid shrinking and the next crisis inevitable, how can we fix it before it’s too late? In this episode, Tortoise editor Jeevan Vasagar talks to Kathy Baughman McLeod and Dan Lund about how pre-arranged financing could finally break the costly cycle of response and recovery. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

April 14, 2025Episode 129 min

S2 Ep 1: If we know it’s coming, why do we wait?

Wildfires, floods, drought – climate disasters are hitting harder and faster. The response is often too late, leaving millions to suffer. In fact, less than 2% of international crisis financing is arranged in advance —and an even smaller portion reaches the world’s poorest communities. What if we could act before catastrophe struck? In this episode of Counter Crisis, we uncover how pre-arranged financing – committing funding and preparing response plans in advance – can help in places where floods, drought, and conflict have eroded coping capacities. Jeevan Vasagar from Tortoise Media is joined by Nena Stoiljkovic and Abdihakim Ainte. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

April 14, 20251 min

Season 2 Trailer

Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

April 2, 2024Episode 333 min

Counter Crisis Episode 3: Are we ready for the next pandemic?

Finance is crucial for containing the spread of the new disease while not leaving countries to raid their national budgets and accumulate unsustainable debt burdens. But we don't need just more money; we need systems that ensure money is timely and reaches the frontline. In Episode 3 of the Centre for Disaster Protection’s podcast, we discuss why the race against the next pandemic has already started.Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

March 27, 2024Episode 235 min

Counter Crisis Episode 2: Can finance save climate-vulnerable countries from drowning?

In Episode II of the Centre for Disaster Protection’s podcast, Counter Crisis, the Centre’s Research Lead and development finance expert, Shakira Mustapha, is joined by Michai Robertson, a Research Fellow in climate and sustainability at the global affairs think tank ODI, to discuss the latest break-throughs in the global financing architecture dealing with the climate change: the Loss and Damage Fund and the Global Shield Against Climate Risk. They also explain how prearranged financing has featured in these, and previous efforts, and why it has sometimes been met with controversy.Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

March 19, 2024Episode 138 min

Counter Crisis Episode 1: The State of Pre-Arranged Financing

While few would disagree on the importance of having plans in place before a crisis happens, why is there so little pre-arranged crisis financing, and why does a significant portion go to nations already better-equipped to handle disasters? What needs to change to ensure the most vulnerable communities receive the protection they need? Episode one features the Centre for Disaster Protection's Associate Director, Evidence, Lydia Poole, along with guest Ekhosuehi Iyahen, Secretary General of the Insurance Development Forum, shedding light on the blind spots of our current approaches to disasters, and how pre-arranged financing can help the most vulnerable people in the long term.Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Counter Crisis is brought to you by the Centre for Disaster Protection, which helps countries find better ways to manage disaster risk – protecting lives, livelihoods, and economies before crisis strikes. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.