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Business Continuity Planning
A Business Continuity Plan is a plan to ensure your organisation can continue to operate through severe disruptions.
joneastgate
4 days ago6 min read


Paddling with the Sea-Horse*
Sea-level rise is one of the inevitable and inexorable results of climate change. Melting ice and increased ocean temperature mean a...
joneastgate
May 23, 20256 min read


Taming the Fiery Horse – Bushfires
We’ve all seen the images of bushfires, especially over the past few years. In the Spring and Summer of 2019-20 fires devastated almost...
joneastgate
May 14, 20258 min read


Leading the Muddy Horse to High Ground – Flood
Following on from my post about cyclones , it makes sense to follow up by talking about floods since the two often go together. I’ve...
joneastgate
Apr 23, 20256 min read


Sheltering with the Wind-Blown Horse – Living Through Cyclones
Cyclones are generally considered a tropical weather phenomenon. However, as I write this series South-East Queensland, where I live,...
joneastgate
Mar 19, 20259 min read


Cooling the Sweaty Horse – Managing Heat
None of us will be able to escape increasing heat, but we can make our tenants’ homes more heat resistant to help them live comfortable...
joneastgate
Mar 3, 20256 min read


The Five Horses of Climate Change
In the Christian Book of Revelation (Chapter 6) there is a famous scene in which four horses and their riders are released into the world: white, red, black and pale horses. They are interpreted in various ways, most popularly as Plague, War, Famine and Death. Some might consider it overly dramatic to talk about the ‘climate apocalypse’ and I hope they are right. Nonetheless, updating the horsemen might provide a memorable framework for climate adaptation. Of course clima
joneastgate
Feb 20, 20256 min read


Life on a flood plain
One of the things we know about climate change is that it leads to more frequent and more intense extreme weather events – droughts,...
joneastgate
Dec 7, 20238 min read
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