2000 All-Hazards Disaster Preparedness 
Emergency Planning
MAY 30, 2019
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was born out of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-2000. On 1 May 2019 it was renamed the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43.
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
JANUARY 19, 2022
In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Figure 1: Supplemental appropriations by fiscal year, FY 2000–2021.
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