Daniel James

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3,428 appearances 86 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Daniel James’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 86 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 20.

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7am · “Accident waiting to happen”: Why Nepal’s floods could happen again · 31 Aug 2026 podcast

Is this something that happens commonly in these mountainous regions in the world, or is this something that is uh increasingly prevalent? voice-verified

And is that why this region is particularly vulnerable to events like this? voice-verified

With climate change we're seeing more frequent natural disasters like this and and this region hasn't yet recovered from a flooding event that killed nine people last year. voice-verified

How does that escalate the crisis when you're getting back to back events like this? voice-verified

Coming up. voice-verified

The role of early warning systems in future disasters. voice-verified

Adrian, let's talk a bit more about the climate change impact. voice-verified

Obviously there are always multiple factors involved with crisis like this one, but how big a role is it likely to have played here, climate change? voice-verified

The people caught up in this tragedy didn't seem to have much of any warning at all that this was going to happen. voice-verified

Um, you've worked on early warning systems. voice-verified

If this is going to happen more frequently as the effects of climate change are felt, how do we make sure people are given enough time to respond and get away from this? voice-verified

Nepal had actually asked China three months ago for better data on glacial movements and water levels. voice-verified

If that had been available, would anyone have realistically been able to warn the communities downstream in time? voice-verified

And how is this going to impact the way that our human population is distributed across the globe when we're talking about, you know, massive areas, um, including you know, particularly in South America, um, large populations. voice-verified

Do we need to start rethinking about the way we're living and where people live? voice-verified

Well Adrian, thank you for your expertise and thank you for your time. voice-verified

Also in the news, Attorney General Michelle Rowland has announced new privacy reforms including the right to erasure so people can ask digital platforms to destroy their stores of personal information. voice-verified

There's also a fair and reasonable test to limit companies to collect and use only the personal information they need. voice-verified

But the government is so far resisting calls to ban import of smart glasses, which the Greens and others say should be locked out of the country. voice-verified

And thousands of staff at the University of Sydney are set to strike tomorrow over artificial intelligence, accusing the university of a cavalier approach to AI. voice-verified

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