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New Book Review

Recovery Diva

disaster management specialist, PDC Global. The book has sixteen (16) chapters of which the first four were written by the editors, and the remaining twelve (12) each written by different authors. The framework introduced by the editors is applied to all the case studies covered by varying authors in the rest of the chapters.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

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Executive Action Alone Won’t Save Us from Climate Change

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Stafford Act, which are commonly used for national emergency or disaster declarations. Section 201 of the NEA authorizes the president broad discretion to declare a national emergency, which gives access to presidential authorities embedded in existing statute. Biden also hinted at such unilateral action.