This unusual report is worth considering as an example of how to examine past actions. IG Report on Afghanistan Reconstruction Efforts

The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) recently released a report titled, “What We Need to Learn: Lessons from Twenty Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction.” This report incorporates 13 years of oversight work, more than 760 interviews, and a review of thousands of government documents to produce a comprehensive retrospective analysis of lessons learned.

Quake-Hit Haiti Failed to Learn Building Lessons After 2010 Disaster
Haiti passed a new building code after its capital was devastated by the 2010 quake, but rules have been rarely enforced.

The Diva does not have access to the full article, but the introductory paragraphs convey the main point.

From Forbes: FEMA Launches National Risk Index Update That Businesses Can Use To Prepare For Nature-Related Crises

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy is hosting a webinar on August 19: Disaster in a Crisis Zone: Understanding the Impact of Haiti’s Earthquake/

From the WashPost, this article on a new research center in Omaha. It also provided a lot of details about the young women who heads the center. See:
Why Omaha: DHS bets on Nebraska as the future of terrorism research

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/omaha-counterterrorism-research-domestic-extremism/2021/08/14/73e4c786-f48b-11eb-83e7-06a8a299c310_story.html

[The Diva apologizes for the faulty link. This is an important article so I posted it as best I could.]

From Inside Climate News: The Repercussions of a Changing Climate, in 5 Devastating Charts. If news about the written part of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report didn’t alarm you, these five graphic depictions of warming’s impacts will.

From HSNW: Resilience: Small Towns Should Focus on Resilience.

With heatwaves, bushfires, and floods, small towns and their surrounding communities have confronted a combination of successive disasters fueled by climate change. And it’s predicted to only get worse. “So, the challenge for all of us, but particularly areas at increasing risk of climate-fueled disasters, is to get ahead of what’s coming,” says one expert. “We need to ask: what we can do to reduce or even prevent some of these disasters from happening?”

From HSNW: Resilience: How Have Communities Been Faring During COVID-19? And How Will Lessons Learned Inform Future Response and Planning?
Now may be a good time to examine the choices communities made during the last year to see how these approaches shape continued COVID-19 response and recovery and help build resilience for future pandemic response.

From Recovery to Resilience Conference
In Viriginia, upcoming conference, August 25-27.

GAO Slams DHS for Failing to Recognize Deteriorating Threat Environment that Led to Capitol Attack