The area has seen an increase in additional highly effective storms this 12 months.
Southeast Asia is dealing with one in all its worst storm seasons on file, as 1000’s of individuals have died or are lacking throughout Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
One other storm is presently forming within the Philippine Sea.
However whereas governments are promising to rebuild, it’s not clear how they will afford to take action yearly because the storm seasons worsen.
On the similar time, the United Nations introduced that it has slashed its 2026 price range for response to conflict and pure disasters by half.
These nations are more and more on their very own – left to attempt to put cities and lives again collectively, storm after storm.
So, how is that this altering lives and livelihoods?
And what does the way forward for flood restoration appear like throughout Southeast Asia?
Presenter: Dareen Abughaida
Friends:
Alexandre Borde – Environmental economist and CEO of Cibola Companions
Sehr Raheja – Programme officer for the Local weather Change Programme on the Centre for Science and Atmosphere
Benjamin Horton – Dean of the College of Vitality and Atmosphere and professor of Earth Science at Metropolis College of Hong Kong
Printed On 8 Dec 2025
