TRI’s COO Lorraine Schneider Featured in Interview on Emergency Services and Climate Resilience

Lorraine Schneider, Chief Operating Officer of The Resiliency Initiative, was recently featured in Securing Our Climate to discuss the growing vulnerabilities of first responders amid climate-driven disasters like California’s wildfires. In the wide-ranging interview, Schneider shared insights on the systemic underfunding of emergency services, the operational strain facing agencies across the U.S., and the urgent need for sustained investment in disaster readiness. Drawing on her leadership at TRI and global expertise, she emphasized that protecting communities begins with protecting the people who serve them—calling for cross-sector collaboration, international coordination, and greater transparency. “If we want to sustain this system, we need to take care of the people in it,” Schneider stated, underscoring the human cost of disinvestment in resilience infrastructure.

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