This episode talks about the importance of data in hazard modeling and the challenges faced while setting up an early warning system. Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin, Technical Director, Tonkin, and Taylor from New Zealand, co-chair of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), and Jill Bolland, Principal Natural Hazard and Climate Risk Consultant, Tonkin, and Taylor, share their views on the issues related to data quality and inequality in the data distribution, and how access to open data still is a long way to go while dealing with disaster risk assessment on a global scale.