Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

States Should Use Funding Available Pre- and Post-Disaster to Build Long-Term Resilience to Climate Change

Executive SummaryWhat Can States Do?Foster cross-agency coordination on hazard mitigation and climate adaptationRequire ...
NJBIZ

OPINION: Firewall Act would deliver disaster protection with tax credits

The tragic flooding in the Texas hill country underscores how major weather disasters are now a regular occurrence. For homeowners, taking proactive steps to make their homes more resilient to natural ...

Arkansas farmers will get state income tax exemption on USDA disaster aid, relief payments

Arkansas farmers and ranchers who receive federal disaster and relief aid through the U.S. Department of Agriculture will get ...

Action needed on GBVF after national disaster declaration

The declaration of GBVF as a national disaster has sparked mixed reactions, with stakeholders demanding urgent action and ...
TimesLIVE

‘It doesn’t meet the legal definition’: government rejects bid to classify GBV as a national disaster

GBVF cannot reasonably and rationally be regarded as a disaster,” wrote National Disaster Management Centre head Dr Elias ...

Gender-Based Violence and Femicide declared a National Disaster ahead of G20 Summit

Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) have been officially classified as a national disaster in South Africa, following ...
SAnews

CoGTA welcomes classification of GBVF as a national disaster

Velenkosini Hlabisa, has welcomed the decision of the Head of the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC), Dr Bongani ...