February 2017 - Disaster & Emergency Management Conference

herve February 27, 2017 2017 Australian & New Zealand Disaster & Emergency Management Conference, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, emergency planning, Resilience

Defining Community Resilience

How do you define community resilience? And how do you apply this to disaster risk reduction and emergency planning? “While ‘community resilience’ is referred to in many post-incident reviews we do not, arguably, fully understand its key components, how to…

herve February 24, 2017 extreme weather, heat, Heatwaves, learning, schools, temperature

Why Australian schools need a national policy on coping with heatwaves

Many parts of Australia have been experiencing a long-running heatwave, with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees in some areas. So what impact is this having on schools? And is it time for the government to roll out a national policy…

herve February 23, 2017 Drones, technology

Yea farmer building drones

Yea farmer Wayne Lording sits on his verandah, sips a cuppa and sends his drone to check the horses and cows. A qualified helicopter pilot, Mr Lording is also building Australia’s first agriculture-specific drone. ‘‘Farmers have got to look at…

herve February 15, 2017 Climate Change, Mental Health

Mental health and psychosocial impacts of climate change for rural Australians

Climate change is arguably the biggest global health threat of the 21st century (U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2016). The safe limit for temperature increase is 1.5oC, but if we continue with business-as-usual, global temperature will rise between 3.7o and…

herve February 13, 2017 2017 Australian & New Zealand Disaster & Emergency Management Conference

Partnership Opportunities – 2017 ANZ Disaster & Emergency Management Conference

The 2017 Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will be held from 22 to 23 May at Jupiters Hotel on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The Conference will allow your organisation to benefit significantly from constant exposure to an…

herve February 9, 2017 extreme weather

Longer, hotter summers predicted in extreme weather report by Climate Council

Imagine a city where 265 days a year, the temperature rises above 35C. The residents of Darwin in 2090 will not have to imagine it, because for them, it may well be their reality. As Australians endure the summer of…