Natural Disasters: A growing Global Uncertainty
Over the past few years the global community has witnessed an alarming increase in natural disasters that has resulted in significant changes in the global landscape. It is this changing global landscape and increase in frequency and severity of disasters that has brought nations facing a grueling set of challenges, and an obstacle to economic development, as well as loss of human life.
What are your nations plans to effectively manage such disasters? Let me know your thoughts
Jayshree Pandya PhD
Global Risk Advisor
Your comment about porous borders and health risks reminded me about something that I experienced in Manipur. Two years ago when I was in Moreh, bordering Myanmar, I remember seeing free movement of chicken right under the nose of the authorities manning the border post at a time when a bird flu alert had been sounded in the Northeast. Public health systems in India are not in a state of preparedness to handle big epidemics, even after a series of outbreaks in western and northeast India. The approach in India has only been reactive and not proactive so far.
A certain view of natural disasters holds that they are part of the natural order of the universe. If, for example, global warming were to continue unabated, millions of people would die. The earth will NOT be destroyed, certain life forms will, including many humans. These deaths will reduce the human effect on the environment.
So, the risk of climate change is not a general risk, it is a very personal risk. Care to gamble?