We can't actually stop hurricanes or tsunamis or other extremes of nature. But ... we can avoid a lot of unnecessary human and economic losses.
It's time to change the mind-set that natural disasters are inevitable.
Scientists have to get involved with the policy-making community right from the beginning and try to understand what the constraints on policy-making are.
We have an opportunity right now right after disasters while governments are more receptive to influence policy from the start.
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