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New DKKV Study on Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change
Started Sep. 29, 2009
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Claire B. Rubin Sep. 22, 2009.
Sept is National Preparedness Month (US) - What are you doing?
Started Sep. 1, 2009
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- Project Coordinator, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Consultant, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Manager, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado
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IAEM is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters.
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Congratulations Elaine! The book looks terrific!!!
- National Evacuation Conference on February 3, 2010 to February 5, 2010
- 39th Regional Training on Disaster Management on February 1, 2010 to February 19, 2010
- Designing Fire Safety into Residential Construction: Perspectives, Ideas, and Trends on December 2, 2009 to December 3, 2009
The Gender and Disaster Network is an educational project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts.
- American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting on December 14, 2009 to December 18, 2009
- NIBS 2009 Annual Meeting on December 7, 2009 to December 10, 2009
- International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility and Industrial Disasters on December 5, 2009 to December 6, 2009
That was my first impression too - if we can do this for $100billion a year then that's a pretty good deal. I was going to go back to look at it more carefully to see what's included because I wouldn't be surprised if something fairly large, like as…
I would have done this study for one tenth of what the World Bank charges. My dice are much cheaper.
In any case, $100 billion a year is less than one fifth the annual expenditure by the US Department of Defence. The world spends more than $1.5 tri…
The World Bank has presented the results of an Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change study, which estimates costs of adaptation to climate change in developing countries will be in the order of US$75-100 billion per year for the period 2010-2050…
There are vast networks around the world trying to develop and sustain local communities within the triple challenges of climate change, peak oil, and economic collapse. Several books have also been written on this specific topic, again focusing on…
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The German Committee for Disaster Reduction recently published this new study (attached): Addressing the Challenge: Recommendations and Quality Criteria for Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change
Haven't read the entire do…
Has anyone seen a climate adaptation plan - city, county, municipality, region? - that includes specific consideration for post peak oil economic and service declines? I recently saw that Maribyrnong in Australia has developed a plan for post-peak o…
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Twitter Fails a Critical Real World EM Test
There's been a lot of talk over the role that Twitter is playing in the Iranian upheaval during the last few weeks. Some of it is justified but to read some of the praise heaped on Twitter you'd think it was a magical revolution-inducing technology. Twitter is also often touted as having strong potential in the Emergency Management field - and I agree, I think it does - but the DC Metro train collision shows in very stark terms one of my biggest reservations about the entire enterprise: message… Continue
Posted on June 23, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment
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Keep watching this space for some Featured blogs. Featured blogs will be regular posts from leaders on various hot topics ranging from Climate Change to Disaster Mental Health to Legal Issues. We hope that these regular posts will be provocative points for discussion so be sure to check in regularly and post comments!
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