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AcademiaCross-SectorSupply Chain
Supply Chain
New ICE research paper co-authored by Resilience Shift Technical Director, Juliet Mian, provide insight into how organisations are changing the basis of planning and investment decisions to enhance resilience.
[ Journal Article / Research ]
AcademiaFinanceInsurance
On 18-19 February 2019, EPFL organised a workshop of the SmartResilience project, hosted by the Swiss Re Institute in Zurich. The workshop gathered representatives from insurance and insurance experts. After providing some general considerations about insurance, resilience and critical infrastructure (CI) to describe the context in which the methodologies developed by the SmartResilience project can be used in an insurance setting, this report provides an analysis of the contribution of SmartResilience to insurance. The analysis elaborates from research made prior to the workshop, presentations made by partners of SmartResilience, and discussion among participants.
[ Report / Research ]
Cities
city planning, project life cycle, resilience thinking, stress, urban
Ernst & Young’s report in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities, looks at how cities can build resilience thinking into their infrastructure projects.
[ Article / Research ]
Academia
interdependencies, optimising, visualisation
Some interesting research going on at Imperial College London bringing together interests in the visualization of complex engineering projects, and interests in interdependencies across different kinds of infrastructure systems, towards systems engineering in a human-natural environment.
[ Project / Research ]
Cross-Sector
government, study
As part of the Autumn 2018 Budget statement in the UK, the National Infrastructure Commission announced a study on the resilience of the UK’s infrastructure systems. The study will consider what action government should take to ensure that infrastructure can cope with future changes, disruptions, shocks and accidents.
[ Project / Research / Website ]
Engineering
measurement, performance, practice, value
This paper includes the findings of MMI Thornton Tomasetti’s investigation into the measurement of resilience within infrastructure using systems thinking and focussed on value delivery.
[ Abstract / Journal Article / Paper / Research ]
AcademiaTechnology
climate change, scientific research, technology
The Allianz Climate Risk Research Award supports scientific research that improves our understanding of climate change-related risks. The compendium is a compilation of selected essays from participants of the 2017 and 2018 editions.
[ Award / Paper / Research ]
Transport
aviation, decarbonisation, measures, policy, shipping
Meaningful policy measures that address rising CO2 from international aviation and shipping remain inadequate. This article in Climate Policy journal quantifies 2 ºC pathways for these sectors, highlighting the need for mitigation measures to be urgently accelerated.
[ Abstract / Journal Article / Paper / Research ]
Academia
innovation, leadership, solutions
Great questions have a catalytic quality — they dissolve barriers to creative thinking and channel the pursuit of solutions into new, accelerated pathways. The MIT Leadership Center’s Hal Gregersen says brainstorming in “question bursts” is the best way for innovative leaders and problem solvers to find solutions.
[ Article / Research ]
Academia
language, taxonomy
What do we mean when we speak in terms of “resilience?” Why has “resilience” become the hot buzzword, and why is it useful for political leaders who want to avoid saying the words “climate change?” This paper is published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists journal.
[ Abstract / Journal Article / Paper / Research ]
Finance
adaptation, climate change, insurance, mitigation, reinsurance
This report is based on in-depth interviews with 62 C-level executives of globally active insurance and reinsurance
companies, and offers insights into the role of the insurance industry in addressing climate change adaptation
and mitigation.
[ Report / Research ]
Finance
financing, funding, insurance, resilience bonds
This paper by RE.bound Program, and re:focus partners llc, offers a path forward for governments at all levels – cities, states, federal agencies, and international aid programs – to align public-sector disaster risk reduction measures with private insurance using Resilience Bonds.
[ Paper / Research ]
FinanceTransport
funding, resilience-based performance, system-of-systems
Strategies for enhancing resilience in transportation infrastructure systems include redistributing available funding through a special funding vehicle, using resilience-based performance measures.
[ Abstract / Journal Article / Research ]