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New Online Toolbox Helps Parents, Communities Keep Children Safe In Disasters
If disaster strikes while you’re at work, where will your children be taken? How can you ensure your children are protected?
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Why People Often Don’t Properly Prepare for Hurricanes
A new study looks at the mental biases that prevent people from taking adequate safety measures when a hurricane is on the way.
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Greener on the Other Side: ESP Students’ Sustainability Podcast
Students from the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program at SIPA have produced a podcast called “Greener on the Other Side,” on sustainability, climate change, and the environment.
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Growing Up in an Era of Extreme Events: What We Need to Know Now
NEW YORK (October 7, 2015)—The recent flooding in South Carolina is yet another reminder of just how much destruction natural disasters can cause and how ill prepared communities throughout the US continue to be. Extreme events such as flooding, drought, and storms are leading to not only short-term economic and health impacts but are setting…
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New York, New Orleans, Charlottetown and Everywhere Else
The disaster in New Orleans was almost uniquely awful in modern American history. But even if Katrina isn’t likely to happen everywhere, something can happen almost anywhere—including, we now know, New York. And further to the north and east.
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The Disaster Profiteers
In his new book “The Disaster Profiteers,” Earth Institute professor John Mutter argues that natural disasters are bad for the poor–and can be great for the rich, who often seize resources meant for recovery, when no one is looking.
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Floods, Companies and Supply Chain Risk
Global companies with long supply chains could do a much better job of managing climate disaster risk, according to a recently published study from the Columbia Water Center.
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Disaster Readiness Center Joins Earth Institute
Shaping Local, Global Responses to Natural and Manmade Threats
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‘This is a wake-up call – don’t hit the snooze button’
For years before Hurricane Sandy charged ashore on Monday, researchers from the Earth Institute knew what was coming. As the region struggles to recover from this “superstorm,” we asked some of them to consider the lessons we can learn as we move forward.
