Climate Change and Emergency Management

Abstract

The continually worsening threat of the impacts of climate change will have detrimental impacts on the ability of emergency managers to prepare for and respond to various disasters. Emergency management in the climate change era is at the intersection of human interaction and the physical world. Emergency managers must be able to understand the threats and vulnerabilities of the natural hazards that may exist in a community as well how the public will respond to any threats. There are unique collaborations between human, social, and economic vulnerabilities that outline a country's resilience to a disaster. Climate change has the potential to cause devastating consequences for the health, security, and stability of a nation. Emergency preparedness and response officials must consider all the unique needs of their region when engaging in planning and recovery efforts in order to ensure resilience in the face of worsening threat matrices that are a complication of climate change.