News: disaster management
Bushfire and the challenge to respond to new levels of environmental risk
There have been terrible bushfires this summer across southern Australia – and they are still going. Part of the reason for this disaster is the unprecedented climatic conditions that the country has been facing, including record hot and dry conditions.
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We forget the lessons of past disasters at our own peril
In the context of the terrible fires facing the nation, the telling reflection that “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it” has salience.
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We need to act now to reduce future bushfire risk in the Australian Summer
When managing bushfire risk, prevention is better than cure.
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