Counter Crisis, the three-part podcast series by Centre for Disaster Protection and produced by Tortoise Media, is now available to download in full across the major podcast platforms.

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, Counter Crisis, Cristina Stefan, the Centre’s Lead Risk Finance Advisor, is joined by Ruchir Agarwal, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, to discuss why the race against the next pandemic has already started.

In Episode II of the Centre for Disaster Protection’s podcast, Counter Crisis, Shakira Mustapha, is joined by Michai Robertson to discuss the latest break-throughs in the global financing architecture dealing with the climate change.

In this inaugural episode of Counter Crisis, Ekhosuehi Iyahen and Lydia Poole discuss the complexities and challenges surrounding global disaster planning and financing. What needs to change to ensure the most vulnerable communities receive the protection they need?