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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

Emergency planning excluded emergency planners and was put in the hands of a consortium of medical doctors and politicians, yet half the battle in a pandemic is to manage the logistical, social and economic consequences. Natural hazard impacts are becoming fiercer, more extensive and more frequent.

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ISO 22336: The new standard for organizational resilience – A leader’s guide

everbridge

This standard offers a blueprint to enhance resilience, optimize risk management, and refine strategic planning. It also complements and works in tandem with other standards that focus on risk management, business continuity management, and crisis management, like ISO 31000, ISO 22301, and ISO 22361.

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AI for Wildfires and Heatwaves

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

The 2025 wildfire season in the United States is forecasted to be above normal, highlighting the need to leverage emerging technologies for hazard risk mitigation. The Euro-Mediterranean and North African region MedEWSa serves is highly populated, economically vital, and rapidly warming, with a high diversity of people and hazards.

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How To Protect Facilities Against Severe Storm Threats

Continuity Insights

All facility managers should take severe weather threats seriously and take practical steps to ensure that the infrastructure in their facilities is safe, resilient, and cost-effective. On the personnel side, costs associated with workplace disasters — whether caused by storms or other hazards — can be staggering.

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What is the Climate Finance Vulnerability Index (CliF-VI)?

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

By: Amy Campbell, Student Researcher, National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP) Adaptation finance is critically underfunded, with existing finance skewed toward mitigation and middle-income markets. The CliF-VI demonstrates that climate vulnerability is about the ability to adapt, not just the hazard itself. billion in funds.

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AI In Crisis Management and the Future of Preparedness

Erwood Group

AI in crisis managment AI In Crisis Management and the Future of Preparedness AI is revolutionizing how businesses, organizations and crisis managers handle crises, from natural disasters to cyber-attacks. Crisis Communication: AI monitors media to manage reputation, crucial during PR crises ( Capestart ).

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Understanding Near-Earth Objects

Disaster Preparedness

Understanding Near-Earth Objects Disasters come in all forms—some from the ground shaking beneath our feet, others from storms raging across the skies. At Disaster Preparedness Blog , we've covered these celestial hazards before. In 1937, Hermes passed close to Earth, sparking interest in hazards. AU (about 4.6