NCDP provides expert commentary on a wide range of topics pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, disaster preparedness and response, readiness of governmental and non-governmental systems; the complexities of population recovery; the power of community engagement; and the risks of human vulnerability, with a particular focus on children. Please visit our Media Relations for more information. Check this page for regular updates on staff features in the media.
2021 In The News
December
- National Center for Disaster Preparedness – State of the Planet | 12/21/21, Columbia Climate School, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, State of the Planet
- Inside frantic hours before candle factory was destroyed by tornado: ‘It should have shut down’ | 12/15/21, USA Today
- FEMA plans to double down on climate preparedness | 12/10/21, The Marketplace
- Equity, Climate Change, and Public Health Preparedness | 12/3/21, Intersection of Disaster Medicine and Public Health with Climate and Health Conference
- Climate Resilience Panel | 12/2/21, Macaulay Green Initiative, City University of New York (CUNY)
- What’s Next for Healthcare Coalitions: Perspectives on the Future | 12/2/21, The National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference
November
- Equity of Care | 11/30/21, The National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference
- Improving Business’ Financial Literacy & Management to Support Post Disaster Economic Recovery | 11/30/21, The National Healthcare Coalition Preparedness Conference
- Don’t call it climate change. Red states prepare for ‘extreme weather’ | 11/25/21, Politico
- Power Outages and Disaster Impacts – Intersection of Utilities and Communities | 11/18/21, NDEM Expo
- The Evolving Role of Emergency Management | 11/18/21, NDEM Expo
- The Future of Technology and Disaster Response: Training, Connectivity, and Crowdsourcing / or Crowdsourcing Data | 11/17/21, NDEM Expo
- Housing Disaster Recovery | 11/17/21, NDEM Expo
- Business Continuity and Risk Management During Pandemics and Other Disruptive Events | 11/17/21, NDEM Expo
- Developing Skills for Women Leadership in Climate Action | 11/9/21, C40 Women4Climate
October
- A “Great Shakeout” preparedness brainstorm with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell | 10/21/21, Sustain What, Columbia Climate School
- Examining the Dose-Response Relationship: Applying the Disaster Exposure Matrix to Understand the Mental Health Impacts of Hurricane Sandy | 10/15/21, Clinical Social Work Journal
- ‘We’re being dragged along’: Extreme weather puts governors to the test | 10/13/21, Politico
- How to prepare for 15 types of emergencies | 10/9/21, The Conway Daily Sun
- How utilities can help communities build economic resilience to disasters: Part II | 10/8/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- How were more than a million people allowed along Huntington Beach coast as a massive oil slick approached | 10/7/21, Voice of OC
- Going to Extremes: Global Hazards and the Path to Resilience – October 18 Event | 10/7/21, Columbia Climate School
September
- Mayor de Blasio unveils landmark new blueprint to combat extreme weather | 9/27/21, The City of New York
- Hurricane Ida heat deaths prompt renewed look at emergency planning for vulnerable populations | 9/21/21, The Weather Channel
- Climate Change, Community Resilience, and Gender Equality | 9/22/21, UNGA Conference 2021
- Opinion: Climate change is a healthcare emergency | 9/21/21, NDTV Banega Swasth India
- Climate change adds to suffering in black, minority communities in LA | 9/17/21, USA Today
- Irwin Redlener: On the pandemic, harnessing celebrity fame, and public health activism | 9/14/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- How to stay safe during a flash flood | 9/13/21, NY Times
- Reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11: Where we have been and where we are headed in disaster management | 9/10/21, NCDP Perspectives
- Ida’s Health and Building Hazards Will Persist for Months | 9/10/21, Gothamist
- How to make the electricity grid tougher during weather disasters | 9/8/21, Inside Science
- The Future of Purposeful Emergency Management | 9/7/21, Prepare. Respond. Recover Podcast
- The Ida blame begins | 9/7/21, Politico
- New York, a wounded but changed city 20 years after 9/11 attack | 9/6/21, Latina Media
- The forecast spelled doom. So why wasn’t N.J. ready for Ida? | 9/5/21, NJ.com
- After Ida’s fury, infrastructure key in preventing misery | 9/5/21, The Seattle Times
- Did ‘warning fatigue’ play a role in Hurricane Ida flooding deaths? | 9/5/21, Fox New York
- As flood alerts lit up phones, did ‘warning fatigue’ set in? | 9/4/21, The Associated Press
- Op-ed: Storms are inevitable. Mass power outages don’t have to be. | 9/2/21, The Washington Post
- How do high school students combat the climate crisis and plan for community resilience after a disaster? | 9/1/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
August
- How can local communities address the needs of vulnerable populations prior to a disaster? | 8/31/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- ‘A pandemic tinderbox’: In Hurricane Ida’s aftermath, experts worry COVID-19 outbreak in Louisiana will worsen | 8/31/21, USA Today
- An Exercise in Resilience: Testing the Bronzeville Community Microgrid | 8/23/21, Natural Hazards Center, Research Counts
- Ring the alarm: It’s time for US schools to have climate disaster drills | 8/3/21, The Hill
July
- Wildfires are decimating the West and choking the East — it’s time for solutions | 7/29/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Op-Ed: Wildfires are decimating the West and choking the East — it’s time for solutions | 7/29/21, The Hill
- The Resilient Power of Microgrids: From the South Side of Chicago to Patagonia | 7/19/21, Renewable Energy Magazine
- What it’s like at Columbia Climate School in the Green Mountains | 7/19/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- La energía resiliente de las microrredes: del lado sur de Chicago a la Patagonia in Energías Renovables | 7/16/21, Energías Renovables
- The Combination of Economics & Emergency Management – Interview with Jeff Schlegelmilch | 7/14/21, EM Weekly
- New study shows growing development in areas at risk for natural disaster | 7/9/21, KSBY Channel 6
- 10 hurricane prep tips experts say you must follow | 7/9/21, Everyday Health
- Dr. Irwin Redlener: South Florida collapse shows infrastructure is a persistent threat to public health | 7/8/21, The Stephanie Miller Show
- Op-ed: South Florida collapse shows infrastructure is a persistent threat to public health | 7/4/21, The Hill
- Surfside search and rescue paused for demolition prep | 7/4/21, MSNBC Weekends
June
- Get go bags ready before emergency | 6/29/21, Payson Roundup
- Gold Medal Nautilus Book Award: The Future of Us: What the Dreams of Children Mean for Twenty-First Century-America | 6/24/21, Nautilus Book Awards
- Residents are encouraged to get ready for the unexpected with a disaster ‘go bag | 6/22/21, Fontana Herald News
- This Louisiana Town is a Bleak Forecast of America’s Future Climate Crisis | Buzz Feed, 6/17/21
- Cher takes on vaccine hesitancy with the CherCares bus | 6/17/21, MSNBC, Deadline White House
- Meet the inaugural cohort of the Earth Institute Summer Intern Program | 6/7/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Steps to keep your family safe in an emergency | 6/1/21, Consumer Reports
May
- Smart city solutions to engage multiple stakeholders during a pandemic | 5/26/21, IEEE Smart Cities
- Fourteen months into the Covid-19 pandemic, What do we miss the most?
| 5/20/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Disaster book raises important comms point | 5/20/21, PRCG Haggerty LLC
- Op-Ed: The electric grid of the future requires major upgrades — we must start today | 5/19/21, The Hill Opinion
- The human-focused startups of the hellfire | 5/9/21, Tech Crunch
- EP 425: Are we ready for future twenty-first century mega-disasters? | 5/6/21, Trends Podcast
- Data was the new oil, until the oil caught fire | 5/2/21, Tech Crunch
April
- Putting Children at the Forefront of Disaster Policy | 4/26/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Priorizando a los Niños en la Política Pública en Desastres | 4/26/21, Columbia State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- How to prepare for a “Megadisaster”? | 4/21/21, National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (NCNE)
- How to prepare for a “Megadisaster”? | 4/19/21, Columbia Magazine
- Columbia Climate School goes to the Green Mountains | 4/16/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Helping youth lead on climate action | 4/5/21, The Earth Institute, Sustain What
March
- Rethinking Readiness: Book Review | 3/31/21, University of Chicago Press Journals
- Covid Calls: Discussion of emergency management in the pandemic | 3/31/21, Scott Gabriel Knowles
- Pfizer vaccine is 100% effective in kids 12-15 | 3/30/21, MSNBC Katy Tur
- COVID vaccine distribution nears a turning point, but equity issues remain | 3/17/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Using analytics to support a utility’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic amid an uncertain evidence base | 3/16/21, Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning
- ‘100 seconds to midnight’: Rethinking readiness as humanity flirts with self-destruction | 3/15/21, Texas Public Radio The Source
- Hard hit by the pandemic, New York City looks to make a comeback | 3/12/21, La Prensa Latina
- Aging infrastructure threatens | 3/11/21, 日本経済新聞
- How to build a more resilient energy grid for the future: Part 1 | 3/10/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Why International Women’s Day is still relevant in 2021 | 3/8/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Dr. Irwin Redlener: ‘We need to wait for the CDC guidelines in order to actually change behaviors | 3/5/21, MSNBC
- 15 lessons the coronavirus pandemic has taught us | 3/4/21, AARP Bulletin
- Looking at the pandemic as a national disaster | 3/3/21, Dr. Radio
- Biden: US will have enough vaccines for all adults by May, teachers to get dose by end of March | 3/2/21, The Washington Examiner
- Doctor urges vaccinating teachers as a way to reopen schools | 3/2/21, Yahoo
- Opinion: Vaccinating educators now is key to reopening schools | 3/2/21, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Covid-19 Vaccines with Irwin Redlener | 3/1/21, Star Talk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Episode 435: Are we ready for future twenty-first century megadisasters? | 3/1/21, American Trends Podcast
February
- Texas workers struggle to pay for groceries and rent after losing wages during winter storm | 2/27/21, The Eagle
- Op-Ed: COVID recovery must prioritize the nation’s youth | 2/18/21, The Hill
- Experts Weigh In on the Deep Freeze and Power Outages in Texas | 2/18/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Safest states during COVID-19 | 2/4/21, Wallet Hub
- Virus expert: We’re at war with ‘dangerous’ Covid variants | 2/4/21, MSNBC, The 11th Hour
- Biden admin. facing calls to get Covid vaccines to teachers | 2/3/21, MSNBC, The 11th Hour
- CIS receives grant that will help target childhood traumas | 2/2/21, The Robesonian
January
- Student workshop proposes ideas for resilience in three communities | 1/29/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Future COVID-19 relief should focus more on children | 1/25/21, State of the Planet, Columbia Climate School
- Life After COVID: A long road to recovery | 1/25/21, WebMD
- 10 Columbia faculty and staff on what to expect from the Biden-Harris Administration | 1/22/21, Columbia News
- To beat COVID-19, we must address a legacy of inequity and mistrust | 1/14/21, The Hill