Dec 28, 2021
What does climate change have to do with disasters? Experts on The Multi-Hazards Podcast weigh in on how climate change is affecting the planet and human society, and how it plays a role in increasing disasters. Join us for this exciting podcast!
Study Guide here (click on PDF, top left): https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/climate-change-and-disasters
Topics include:
* How does climate change increases the frequency and magnitude of
extreme weather events?
* What does "1 in 20/50/100 years" probability of a flood or other
disaster mean?
* How can climate change factor into where we build homes to avoid
floods?
* How has the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) been
affected by extreme weather events these past few years?
* What are "freshets"?
* How does the amount of snow (snowpack) and the way it melts
factor into potential floods?
* How can knowledge of climate change risks be brought into
emergency management?
* What's "risk assessment"? "Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability
Assessment (HRVA)"?
* Why is it important that risk assessment start at the national
level?
* Why is "What do the elders say?" an all-important question for
First Nations people?
* How will climate change change life for First Nations?
* Why are polar bears are eating out of garbage dumps at James Bay
in Canada?
* How does "chance favour the prepared mind"?
* How are some First Nations preparing for climate change and
possibly relocating?
* Why is it so important to get the message out about emergencies
and climate change?
* Why are we always reminded about climate change, even when we
want to forget about it?
* Why is it important to show the projected costs of climate
change?
* What are these health factors from climate change: declining air
quality due to ground-level ozone, increasing incidence of Lyme
disease and the health effects of hotter temperatures?
SOURCES (past Multi-Hazards
episodes):
S01 E13 Earthquakes, Disaster Education & Protecting
Communities - Interview with Dr. Burçak Başbuğ Erkan, June 18,
2020
Link: https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/earthquakes-disaster-management-education-protecting-communities-interview-with-dr-burak-babu-erkan
S01 E17 Emergency Management with the Red Dragon -
Interview with Paul Edmonds, June 25, 2020
Link: https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/emergency-management-with-the-red-dragon-interview-with-paul-edmonds
S02 E02 The Cutting Edge - First Nations & Emergency
Management - Interview with Wilbert Wesley, July 24,
2020
Link: https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/the-cutting-edge-first-nations-emergency-management-interview-with-wilbert-wesley
S04 E15 Black Emergency Managers Worldwide -
Conversation with Charles D Sharp, July 2, 2021
Link: https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/black-emergency-managers-worldwide-conversation-with-charles-d-sharp
S04 E19 The Health Costs of Climate Change with Dylan
Clark, the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices, July 30,
2021
Link: https://multi-hazards.libsyn.com/the-health-costs-of-climate-change-with-dylan-clark-the-canadian-institute-for-climate-choices
Intro: "Ten Inch Spikes" by Jeremy
Korpas on Youtube Audio Library
Outro: "Friendly Dance" by Nico Staf on YouTube Audio Library
Photo by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation on Flicker: "Commercial vehicle stuck in mudslide debris on Highway 12. Heavy rain on August 16 [2021] caused multiple mudslides on BC Highway 1 and 12 in the Fraser Canyon. Crews continue to work to clear the debris and re-open the highways."