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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: How the International Federation of the Red Cross is Using Innovative Financing to Fund Disaster Response and Preparedness
Description: If you are a regular listener to the podcast and reader of our associated Global Dispatches newsletter, you know that I believe one of the most important issues in the world today is the growing gap between humanitarian needs and the funding available to meet those needs. Climate change and conflicts are causing a surge in the number of people around the world who require a modicum of humanitarian aid to survive. Yet, funding has not kept pace. Far from it. The gap is large and growing. In response to this pressure, one of the largest and...