A new paper from the UK Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says that the world is facing ‘a new domain of risk’ with cascading environmental risks potentially leading to severe impacts on human systems from local to global levels.
Canadian Federal, Provincial and Territorial (FPT) Ministers responsible for emergency management met recently to release the country’s first ever Emergency Management Strategy (EM)
A new research paper by Stephanie Duchek from the Faculty of Business and Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, provides an overview of the concept of organizational resilience and suggests three successive resilience stages.
Cost recovery for electric sector cybersecurity investments and development of resilience metrics to gauge the industry's progress are two of several recommendations in a new study by researchers.
FTI Consulting has published its first Resilience Barometer report, which highlights how companies based in the G20 are managing organizational resilience.
The University of Waterloo has released a new report ‘Weathering the Storm: Developing a Canadian Standard for Flood-Resilient Existing Communities’ which provides recommendations for enhancing community resilience.
City resilience is critically important to economic, organizational, and community well-being. This has been recognised by the development of a standard for city resilience by the British Standards Institution. Robert Hall looks at the new BS67000 standard.
Aon plc has published its ‘Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2018’ annual report, which evaluates the impact of global natural disaster events to identify trends, manage volatility and enhance resilience.
Each year the World Economic Forum publishes its ‘Global Risks Report’ which assesses the risk climate around the world and horizon scans emerging risks. It incorporates the results of a survey of approximately 1,000 experts and decision-makers around the world.
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