The latest resilience news from around the world
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Extreme space weather has long been seen as a threat to electrical grids in high-latitude regions of the northern and southern hemispheres, but a new study finds that smaller scale space weather events are amplified near the equator, putting power grids at risk in regions previously considered safe.
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A survey by PwC has looked at the future of power supply in the region, assessing the risks as well as utility company plans to secure future supplies.
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The Australian Minister for Justice Michael Keenan has announced $ AUD 3.7 million in funding for projects to help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters and emergencies.
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According to preliminary estimates by Swiss Re, total economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters reached USD 37 billion in the first half of 2015.
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Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has published the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during July 2015.
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US DHS Secretary Jeh C. Johnson has announced that the DHS has made some organizational changes because of the increasing importance of its cybersecurity mission.
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Precariously balanced rocks suggest San Jacinto and San Andreas may have ruptured together, raising issues for critical infrastructure resilience planning.
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A new white paper from the Business Continuity Institute sets out the Institute’s view that business continuity is an integral part of resilience.
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The last week of August marks the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm ever to make landfall in the United States; and a new report published by Marsh looks at the lessons that can be learned from the event.
- Many of London’s businesses are ill-prepared for climate change risks: London Assembly Economy Committee report
- GAO reports on DHS efforts to address electromagnetic threats to the US electric grid
- NYSE and NASDAQ announce resiliency framework
- An examination of the contemporary meaning and utility of resilience
