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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). million lives, affecting 4.2 billion people (many on more than one occasion) resulting in approximately US$2.97

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

The chapter is an essential read for emergency managers pursuing the priority topic, how to prepare for multiple overlapping disasters. In Chapter 5, “Federal Indian Policy and the Fulfillment of the Trust Responsibility for Disaster Management in Indian Country,” Samantha J.