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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

s Emergency Management Legislation Has Arrived Marking a historic moment of modernization for emergency and disaster management governance in B.C. NDP has tabled the new Bill 31 – 2023: Emergency and Disaster Management Act. In 2019, B.C. Long Anticipated Update to B.C.’s and across Canada, the B.C.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Each chapter gives examples for emergency management to achieve “Just Disaster Recovery,” proposed in 2019 by Jerollemen in Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice. reviewed in Recovery Diva March 29, 2019 ]. 4 …is not possible without equal access to resources and programs.

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AI for Early Warning Systems and Anticipatory Action

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Even though EWS development is expected to cost only one-tenth of the losses and damages they offset (Global Commision on Adaptation, 2019), economic value must be communicated in terms end users understand: by weighing the cost of anticipatory action versus the estimated loss caused by inaction, based on defined climate or weather thresholds.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The prior iteration also included critical focuses like creating a culture of preparedness and simplifying bureaucracy as important nods to basic challenges in disaster management. In its latest iteration it focuses on issues of climate change and equity among others.