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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. So, how can public and private sectors cultivate climate change resilience?

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). Recommendations proposed by the authors include community emergency and resilience centers, library internet access available to all community members, public transportation systems, and internet as a public utility (p.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction was born out of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-2000. Globally, about a thousand times as much is spent on hydrocarbon exploration and extraction than on the mitigation of the climate change that results from burning fossil fuels (Mechler et al.

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Determining a Critical Vendor

Fusion Risk Management

Taking the following steps helps appropriately manage and mitigate risks throughout the vendor lifecycle: Dive deeper during due diligence. Identifying them, taking the appropriate steps to mitigate risk , and continuously learning and adapting brings a proactive approach that helps build resilience throughout your organization.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Expansion of pre-disaster mitigation funding such as through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, and new funding for infrastructure resilience embedded in the bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are also steps in the right direction. And that is just the federal programs. 1] [link]. _.

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What Is AMI Data and How Can Utility Companies Benefit from It?

Pure Storage

The first AMI meters, installed between 2000 and 2010, were a game-changer. Today, they’re being replaced with newer, better decarbonization- and grid resiliency-promoting meters in a phase industry experts are calling “ AMI 2.0.” This helps you identify and mitigate energy waste, potentially lowering your bills. Costs AMI 2.0

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Building resilient organizations in an era of climate change

everbridge

In this blog, Dave Wagner shares why resilience is now a core leadership priority. Building resilience isnt just about surviving a crisisits about thriving in a world of uncertainty. Leadership plays a pivotal role in driving this transformation, ensuring resilience becomes a core part of the organizational strategy.