Ashley Pople

She is the Chief Disaster Preparedness Officer in the Department of Disaster Management in the Government of Malawi.

And Ashley Pople, who is an economist at the World Bank.

So I very much look forward to the experts' insights and to the panel discussions and to learn how they see how governments and international partners can mobilize coordinated responses to these challenges already today and in the coming months.

Thanks very much to the speakers.

She currently serves as a Chief Disaster Preparedness Officer at Malawi's Department of Disaster Management Affairs, where she focuses on disaster preparedness, resource mobilization, and capacity development.

Welcome, Natasha.

And our third panelist is Ashley Pople.

Ashley is an economist on the World Bank's South Asia Environment Team, working on climate adaptation and climate finance.