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Cross-SectorInsurance
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One year on from launching a new Climate Change Analysis Tool (CCAT), US Telecomms firm, AT&T announce further expansion of climate resilience and impact modelling in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (US).
The first years of CCAT’s work underscores vulnerability to climate change is not evenly distributed. Instead, underserved communities tend to face the greatest dangers while having the least embedded resilience to cope with disasters.
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EnergySupply Chain
carbon capture, energy, Ports, Resilience4Ports
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The Getting to Zero Coalition has started mapping some of the many zero emission pilots and demonstration projects – sixty six of them – with hydrogen research leading the way in shipping’s pursuit of a clean fuel.
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EnergySupply Chain
Ports, Resilience4Ports
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Japanese shipbuilding giant Mitsubishi has announced that it will build and test a carbon-capture system for ships, aimed at significantly reducing the emissions of the maritime sector.
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Energy
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This article describes the ways that an energy organization, the regional transmission operator PJM, is preparing for hurricanes during the COVID-19 pandemic. It has implications for policymakers working to maintain infrastructure resilience to natural hazards during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cross-Sector
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The Infrastructure Client Group and Institution of Civil Engineers are looking into the impacts of Covid-19 on infrastructure and what role the sector is likely to have in helping society recover from the pandemic.
[ Web Page ]
CitiesCross-Sector
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C40 has provided a curated collection of media and resources on topics relevant to mayoral teams and departments that are C40 touch-points: waste, food, buildings, transportation, public engagement, and many more.
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Water
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The Global Water Leaders Group has investigated how some of the members of its Leading Utilities of the World initiative have been responding to the outbreak.
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CitiesCross-Sector
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How do we build better cities after the coronavirus crisis? The World Bank’s Sameh Wahba joins Azeem Azhar to discuss how the World Bank partners with technologists to help cities on the frontline of the pandemic, and how the dynamism of urban density can be harnessed to build the livable and inclusive cities of the future.
[ Podcast ]
Cross-Sector
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This paper reviews the impact of COVID-19 on socioeconomic systems, discusses the notion of resilience, and provides specifc recommendations on both integrating resilience analytics for recovery from the current crisis as well as on building resilient infrastructure to address future systemic challenges.
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Transport
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To discuss the future of our transport network and how investment in infrastructure will help our economy recover, James Banks, host of AECOM’s Talking Infrastructure series, spoke to representatives from the HS2 high-speed rail project and the government agencies in charge of our roads and rail network, Highways England and Network Rail.
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Cross-SectorPolicy
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This paper sets out UNDRR’s recommendations, lessons learned and highlights opportunities to build infrastructure resilience.
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Cross-SectorFinance
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This blog discusses how the coronavirus will most certainly offer new resilience opportunities for innovators as the PPP market recalibrates.
[ Blog ]
Cross-SectorSupply Chain
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This article explores the impact of Covid-19 on supply chains and argues that companies should plan for interruptions by mapping suppliers and buyers. They should also diversify their supply chain to mitigate any future disruptions.
[ Blog ]
Cross-Sector
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New Engineering X Pandemic Preparedness programme launched to support global innovation and knowledge sharing.
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Cross-SectorEnergy
Covid-19
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Call to Action from the Planetary Emergency Partnership: Emerging from the Planetary Emergency and partnering between People and Nature
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Cross-Sector
Covid-19
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Future Earth has published a rapid foresight survey on Covid-19 exploring global risks and opportunities for recovery and transformation. With this survey, Future Earth, the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment, and other partners seek to spark critical reflection on the challenges, but also the opportunities, that this global crisis presents, and to contribute to what will soon emerge as a global conversation on where we go from here.
[ Survey ]
Energy
Covid-19
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Article from Guidehouse Insights
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Transport
Covid-19
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Building transportation supply chain resilience after a pandemic – collated resources of TRB. The transportation industry is relying on the knowledge gained from past freight supply chain disruptions and documented by TRB to successfully handle COVID-19 and its aftermath.
[ Web Page ]
Energy
Covid-19
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Covid19 spread shows up vulnerability at heart of nuclear programmes, with resilience of critical national infrastructures undermined.
[ Blog ]
Cross-SectorGovernment
Covid-19
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New OECD outlook on the global economy shared at G20 Summit – on the OECD’s website hub for Tackling coronavirus (Covid-19). Contributing to a global effort.
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Cities
Covid-19
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Urban resilience expert Michael Berkowitz of the Resilient Cities Catalyst shares ideas about how U.S. cities can come back stronger from the social and economic disruption of coronavirus.
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Policy
Covid-19
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Risk-Based Policy Optimization for Critical Infrastructure Resilience against a Pandemic Influenza Outbreak (2018) in the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems
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Water
Covid-19
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Drinking water and wastewater resilience. America’s Water Infrastructure Act including 2018 Route to Resilience. Comprehensive resource on water resilience for the USA.
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Cross-Sector
Covid-19
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A report by the US Department of Homeland Security. Suggests various strategies and approaches, and leaves it to the discretion of each jurisdiction to determine which approach or combination of approaches, if any, might be suited to their specific needs, operating environments, and risk landscapes.
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Water
Covid-19
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Journal of the AWWA: Water system preparedness and best practices for pandemic influenza (01 Jan 2009) According to public health experts and the medical community, an influenza pandemic could occur at any time. The authors conducted a literature review, interviews, and a survey of Ohio water systems to assess how prepared U.S. water systems were for a pandemic flu outbreak and found varying preparedness levels.
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Water
Covid-19
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Recording of webinar: Utility actions to sustain operations during Covid-19. This webinar is designed to share practices that utilities have implemented to prepare and respond to COVID-19. This includes a discussion of workforce issues, facility access and supply chain conditions.
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Policy
Covid-19
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The Oxford Covid-19 Impact Monitor is a new online tool from Oxford researchers. Data from mobile phones is being used to understand and predict the impact of the UK’s Covid-19 social distancing measures on population movements nationwide
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Government
Covid-19
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Governments are taking a wide range of measures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This tool aims to track and compare policy responses around the world, rigorously and consistently.
[ Tool ]
Technology
Covid-19
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The new tracker records and compares governmental measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic worldwide.
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Policy
Covid-19
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Opinion piece by Jo da Silva in Diplomatic Courier.
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Energy
Covid-19
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News from across ENA site.
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Transport
Covid-19
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PIARC’s response to Covid-19 presents knowledge and references that PIARC shares to support its members and professionals in the roads and transport sector.
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