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Risk, resilience, and security – the three key functions of public safety technology

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A World Bank report in June 2021 highlighted how climate change is intensifying the frequency of these emergencies. Between 1980 and 2020, natural disasters affected nearly 50 million people in the EU and cost EU governments approximately 12 billion euros yearly.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

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The 14 th August 2021 magnitude 7.2 In mid-2021, 40 districts are currently enduring a crisis of food availability, and 130,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. million), but in mid-August 2021 only 0.1% For example, it ranks 170th out of 180 in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2020.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

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Based on the real monthly updates on the Florida state and county unemployment rates in 2020, we estimated each county’ unemployment rate in 2021 and 2022 to forecast the revenue impact for FY 2022 and FY 2023. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. Authors’ Bios.

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In 2021, after 10 years of entrepreneurship, she joined Granicus as the Strategic Lead for CX and Innovation. Micah holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, and a Bachelor’s in Journalism from the University of Nebraska.