Episode 11: The challenge of flooding
In this episode of The WeatherPod Allan Thorpe & David Rogers welcome Professor Hannah Cloke of Reading University into the studio. Hannah is a physical geographer, natural hazards researcher and hydr...
9 Kesä 202135min
Episode 10: Growing Africa’s science capability for weather prediction
In this episode of The WeatherPod, we’rve invited into the studio two guests with considerable experience in scientific research on tropical weather systems and in operational weather forecasting in A...
10 Touko 202147min
Episode 9: Insuring weather risk
Weather risk insurance provides capital resources after an extreme weather-related event and typical applications include agriculture, green energy, budget defence and catastrophe protection. To discu...
14 Huhti 202134min
Episode 8: Climate change and health
The impact of COVID-19 on our lives and livelihoods shows clearly that protecting our health is a huge concern for all societies. This is especially so in the face of climate change which threatens to...
18 Maalis 202143min
Episode 7: Forging a successful European partnership at ECMWF
In this episode of The WeatherPod hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited Florence Rabier, Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts into the studio. This is a...
14 Helmi 202148min
Episode 6: Public and private weather services in Austria
In this episode of The WeatherPod, Alan and David invite Michael Staudinger into the studio to discuss how Austria's national meteorological service, ZAMG, interacts with the private sector and examin...
21 Tammi 202140min
Episode 5: Forecast-based financing
In this episode of the WeatherPod, Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited Catalina Jaime, Senior Risk Adviser at the Red Cross-Red Crescent Climate Centre, into the studio. Catalina coordinates the...
13 Tammi 202141min
Episode 4: Inside a commercial national met service
In this episode of The WeatherPod, we've invited Peter Lennox, formerly the CEO of the New Zealand Met Service, into the studio to discuss the operation of a national meteorological service as a comme...
23 Marras 202043min
