All the prescriptions and warnings pointing to pandemic threats and a mix of climate vulnerability and climate change have been clear for decades. Yet failures to prepare and respond have cost, and could continue to cost, societies and economies dearly. Join host Andy Revkin in a discussion with Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and author of "Rethinking Readiness." https://ncdp.columbia.edu/ They're joined by: Judith Matloff, a veteran journalist, Columbia Journalism School professor and author of "How to Drag a Body." http://judithmatloff.com Rod Schoonover, consultant in ecology and security, adjunct professor Georgetown University, former Director of Environment and Natural Resources at the National Intelligence Council and Senior Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State. https://lnkd.in/ddBniha Alice C. Hill, fellow for climate change policy, Council on Foreign Relations, co-author of "Building a Resilient Tomorrow." https://lnkd.in/dDKSPtq
Rethinking Readiness Amid a Pandemic and Climate Crisis
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Ty to Andy and all the participants today for a great conversation!
I've always found it curious that the NOAA/NCEI/NCDC - the National Climate Center - only makes a weather (not climate) based "Billion Dollar Disaster" analysis
Lessons learned are critical - the disaster review board would be a good start, we will be better prepared for pandemic as Alice suggested next time but we must do better for ourselves
The global climate shift of +1.5 degrees preparation is known but as Ann mentioned not being addressed locally or at the personal level - we have to increase knowledge/understanding such that people aren’t in a position to respond after its to late
In Canada there have been lawsuits from developers who purchased land that's disappearing into the sea about non-climate-change informed flood plain maps. Anything like that happening in the US yet?
Emergency preparedness and response plans while in place few organizations know who/how to plug in after the “disaster/emergency” - most plans aren’t well known or ready to execute l, how do we address this issue
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3yThanks Andy!