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Alanna Simpson, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the World Bank, interviews Dr. Raed Arafat, Secretary of State / Head of the Department for Emergency Situations for Romania, exploring the role of innovation in effective disaster risk management.



Carina Fonseca, Disaster Risk Management Specialist for the World Bank, interviews Alina Sava, Education Specialist for the World Bank, exploring how resilient education is critical for sustainable development.



Tafadzwa Irvine Dube, Disaster Risk Management Specialist for the World Bank, interviews Kelvin Berryman, Natural Hazards & Risk Theme Leader for GNS Science New Zealand, exploring the challenge of seismic risk in the housing sector.



Yann Kerblat, Disaster Risk Management Analyst for the World Bank interviews Olivia Vereha, Co-founder/Chief Operations Officer for Code for Romania, exploring tech-enabled partnerships between government and civil society actors for resilience.



Ioana-Alexandra Irimia, a Disaster Risk Consultant with the World Bank, interviews Pablo Suarez, Artist in Residence at the National University of Singapore, exploring how the communication of disaster risk is critical to resilience.



Maryia Markhvida, Disaster Risk Management Specialist for the World Bank, interviews Daniel Homsey, Director of the Neighborhood Empowerment Network for the City and County of San Francisco, exploring how to build community resilience from the ground-up.



Jun Rentschler, an Economist with the World Bank, interviews Gaetano Vivo, Team Leader for the Prevention and Preparedness Programme at DG ECHO, exploring how the European Union is tackling rising climate and disaster risk.