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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

Unofficial voices have suggested that the 'cure to damage ratio' for natural hazards is 1:43. In putting individuals at the centre of a diagram of actions we see people either crushed between the rock of hazards and the hard place of risk-informed sustainable development or as protagonists in combatting the former with the latter.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

My first lesson is about the number of natural hazards in the area. I noted a report from Dominica about a Tropical Storm, which hit the island on 27th August 2015. ‘It It is lucky that the people are resilient and ‘just get on with it’ after a disaster. Torrential rain triggered massive landslides and flooding.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

My first lesson is about the number of natural hazards in the area. I noted a report from Dominica about a Tropical Storm, which hit the island on 27th August 2015. ‘It It is lucky that the people are resilient and ‘just get on with it’ after a disaster. Torrential rain triggered massive landslides and flooding.