The business opportunities of extreme weather & climate change
Alan and David welcome into the studio Alberto Troccoli, Managing Director of the World Energy & Meteorology Council, and visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia. As more and more of our energy requirements are met by renewables, weather data products have an increasingly important role to play in ensuring continuity of supply.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 17: Energy & meteorology”
In this episode, hosts David Rogers and Alan Thorpe meet Thomas Frei to explore the economics of weather information, the increasing sensitivity of business and society to the weather, and the evolving roles of the public, private and academic sectors in the global weather enterprise.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe meet Dr Nina Ridder, of the University of New South Wales and Dr Faith Taylor, of King’s College London to discuss the huge impact extreme weather & climate events – especially compound events, such as heatwaves followed by heavy rainfall – are having on urban areas and human settlements.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 15: Building urban resilience to compound extreme weather events and risks”
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe meet Yuhan (Douglas) Rao, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies in the US, and Chen Chen, a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 14: Machine learning and artificial intelligence in weather and climate research”
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe & David Rogers meet Dr. A R Subbiah of the The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES).
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 13: Enhancing early warning systems in Africa and Asia”
In this special video episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe & David Rogers invited into the studio two colleagues – Jerry Lengoasa and Makoto Suwa – to discuss the role played by government, development partners, national meteorological and hydrological services and private sector weather services in reducing the risks on business and society of extreme weather & climate change.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 12: Prospects & opportunities for weather & climate services in Africa”
In this episode of The WeatherPod we welcome Professor Hannah Cloke of Reading University into the studio. Hannah is a physical geographer, natural hazards researcher and hydrologist specialising in earth system modelling, flood forecasting, catchment hydrology and applications of Numerical Weather Predictions.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 11: The challenge of flooding”
In this episode of The WeatherPod, we’re delighted to have two guests who have considerable experience in scientific research on tropical weather systems and in operational weather forecasting in Africa – Professor Doug Parker from the University of Leeds, UK and Dr Mariane Diop-Kane from the WMO Africa Regional Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 10: Growing Africa’s science capability for weather prediction”
In this episode of The WeatherPod, it’s our pleasure to welcome into the studio Rebecca Leonardi, Managing Partner of WX Risk Global.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 9: Insuring weather risks”
In this episode of The WeatherPod, it’s our pleasure to welcome Dr. Madeleine Thomson of the Wellcome Trust into the studio.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 8: Climate change and public health”