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OUR CHALLENGE

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Despite the obvious need for mitigation, emergency response capability cannot be neglected. In the light of this, our 'operating environment' as advocates of disaster risk reduction has changed drastically. You may think of this as akin to a game of football in which the goalposts are now moving faster than the players can run.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

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Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. I wish it were true.

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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. On 1 May 2019 it was renamed the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction 10(B): 403-502. GNCSODR 2015.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

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Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation. Residual risk is the amount of risk that remains in an activity after mitigation controls are applied. Putting it in mathematical terms: (Inherent risk) – (the risk eliminated by your mitigation controls) = residual risk.

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Is it Possible to Keep Up with the Literature?

Emergency Planning

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Fortunately, there are some mitigating factors, for example, the lack of innovation in most published research.

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How to Mitigate the Effects of Floods on Your Supply Chain

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percent as a result of the floods, according to estimates by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. The post How to Mitigate the Effects of Floods on Your Supply Chain appeared first on Everbridge. percent to 1 percent. Globally, international industrial production fell by 2.5 How Can Businesses Respond?