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New Report on How States Can Build Disaster-Ready Budgets

Recovery Diva

A series of studies from The Pew Charitable Trusts from 2018 to 2022 examined how states manage the fiscal impact of natural disasters, including their spending practices, funding mechanisms, and risk reduction (mitigation) investments.

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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

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

MHA Consulting

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  

MHA Consulting

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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Why Martyn’s Law is critical for the future of public safety

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This includes measures such as documented risk assessments, stronger physical security protocols (like surveillance systems and bag search policies), and plans to mitigate crowd risks. These venues must not only implement public protection procedures but also take specific steps to reduce vulnerabilities.