The approaching crisis: Is the world running out of water?
Our Lady and Saint Patrick’s College teaches resilience Our Lady and Saint Patrick’s College, Knock, is to share the course with every post-primary school in Northern Ireland. Teachers and pupils … Continue reading
Trust In Resilience: Intangible assets: How they impact a company’s value
Trust In Resilience: Intangible assets: How they impact a company’s value Today, the full picture of a company’s value cannot be captured on a balance sheet because “value” is not … Continue reading
Breaking 6 myths on disaster preparedness
Breaking 6 myths on disaster preparedness, and making every Filipino even more resilient The Philippines has the misfortune of being prone to all natural hazards, save for a snow storm. … Continue reading
The World’s Most Catastrophic Floods, in Photos
Faster, clearer data on disasters might help shield women and children When floods swept through this small town in Sri Lanka’s Southern Province, 12-year-old Radhika Dayarathne lost more than her … Continue reading
This disturbing map reveals how climate change is already affecting your health, based on the state you live in
This disturbing map reveals how climate change is already affecting your health, based on the state you live in Climate change lengthens summer months and makes them hotter and more … Continue reading
IBM supercomputing to power global weather forecasting model
IBM supercomputing to power global weather forecasting model IBM is putting its supercomputing power behind an effort to launch the world’s most sophisticated weather forecasting models. The Weather Company, an … Continue reading
Heatwaves are national emergencies and the public need to know
Heatwaves are national emergencies and the public need to know Hundreds of people across the UK are likely to be killed by a natural disaster this week, but their deaths … Continue reading
Should we redefine what it means to be ‘resilient’?
Australia warned it has radically underestimated climate change security threat As the Senate launches an inquiry into the national security ramifications of climate change, a new report has warned global … Continue reading
Can Animals Predict Earthquakes? Italian Farm Acts as a Lab to Find Out
Can Animals Predict Earthquakes? Italian Farm Acts as a Lab to Find Out After a series of powerful earthquakes struck Italy last year, Martin Wikelski rushed here to test a … Continue reading
An Entire Town in the US Is Sinking Because of Climate Change
An Entire Town in the US Is Sinking Because of Climate Change Isle de Jean Charles, a small island in southeastern Louisiana’s bayous, is drowning as the Gulf of Mexico … Continue reading
Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure
Learning how to be ready for whatever’s next The adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” reminds us that we need to be prepared for many … Continue reading
Resilience is their middle name
Resilience is their middle name: How disaster-affected women of Kedar Valley turned over a new leaf in life June 16, 2013 is a date etched deep in Sarita Devi’s memories. … Continue reading
Why are Businesses still Taking Unnecessary Risks with Cybersecurity?
Why are Businesses still Taking Unnecessary Risks with Cybersecurity? Barely a week passes without the announcement of a significant cybersecurity incident – WannaCry was the most recent in a worryingly … Continue reading
To Build Your Resilience, Ask Yourself Two Simple Questions
Yoga and free fruit won’t solve the scourge of workplace stress Hands up if your workplace provides some sort of perk like free fruit, or yoga lessons in the boardroom. … Continue reading
Welcome to the ‘heat dome’
Welcome to the ‘heat dome’: no, you’re not going to evaporate Just a few weeks ago, the term “heat dome” may have evoked, if anything at all, thoughts of a … Continue reading
July 2016 Was The Hottest Month Ever Recorded
The earthquake risk of Vancouver’s condo boom Driven by rising demand for condos amid soaring home prices, a new wave of costly – and often architecturally beautiful – high-rises is … Continue reading
Insurers call for disaster mitigation increase
State Recovery Coordinator says Rockhampton the initial focus of rebuilding following Cyclone Debbie HIS priority will be Rockhampton, but Brigadier Christopher Field, AM, will find his expertise needed across a … Continue reading
The next big thing in disaster recovery could be music to your ears
How IoT is playing a key role in protecting the Environment Internet of Things (IoT) has a large role to play in future of smart cities which in turn are … Continue reading
How Wars and Disasters Fuel Child Labor
Storms and fires: Is white monopoly capital really to blame? Natural disasters aren’t the fault of any one person or population group – and to say that they are is … Continue reading
Developing farm systems for business resilience
Blaze Aid still working hard BLAZEAID volunteers are continuing their mission at Bororen to help farmers rebuild in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. BlazeAid is a volunteer-based organisation that … Continue reading
Risk is Inevitable. Resilience is everything.
Workshop on Improving Resilience to Disaster Begins A three-day training workshop on ‘Enhancing Capacity of Community and CSO Practitioners to Improve Resilience to Disaster and Climate Risk in the Brahmaputra … Continue reading
Building Resilience to Depression presentation
Peel Thunder hosting Building Resilience to Depression presentation A FREE Building Resilience to Depression presentation will be held at Peel Thunder Football Club for Men’s Health Week. The presentation will … Continue reading
Prevention better than cure in natural disasters
Disaster preparedness now more urgent Jamaica enters the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1 without the will to tackle the weaknesses that a major hurricane strike would show up … Continue reading
Storm kills several, displaces thousands in Cape Town
Rare US floods to become the norm if emissions aren’t cut, study warns US coastal areas are set to be deluged by far more frequent and severe flooding events if … Continue reading
IT Resilience
Why disaster preparedness is important Now that it’s officially the rainy season, perhaps it’s time to review some lessons from the past and what they tell us about disaster preparedness. … Continue reading
Risk transfer key to managing disasters
Committed to resilience The AIG Philippines team recently celebrated its 85-year legacy of providing insurance solutions to the Filipino community in an anniversary event held at the Rigodon Ballroom of … Continue reading
Those who refused to evacuate during Cyclone Debbie had pets to think of, survey finds
Citizen scientists photos capture the impact of climate change on southern Africa landscape Old photos hold the secrets to the climate change gripping southern Africa, and could hint at what … Continue reading
Sheryl Sandberg Shares 7 Ways to Build Resilience Into Your Company Culture As You Scale
Sheryl Sandberg Shares 7 Ways to Build Resilience Into Your Company Culture As You Scale As a company scales, so does its culture. Sheryl Sandberg knows this better than anyone, … Continue reading
Protection for Wetlands
Protection for Wetlands Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says that over the next three to five years, the Government will … Continue reading
Hurricane season 2017: The truth about US storms and climate change
Hurricane season 2017: The truth about US storms and climate change It’s been almost 12 years since Hurricane Katrina obliterated the city of New Orleans in 2005 during the most … Continue reading
Insurers must do more to educate Canadians about flood risk
UN disaster resilience guidance for local gov released An updated version of the United Nations Disaster Resilience Scorecard has been released, designed to help local authorities improve their disaster planning… … Continue reading
200 cities to use new tool to improve disaster-related resilience this year
Tropical Cyclone 02B develops in the Bay of Bengal This year’s rainy season has arrived with a vengeance across Sri Lanka. At least 146 people have died in the floods … Continue reading
Building resilient cyber security in Oman
Sri Lanka floods, landslides: Death toll rises to 122 Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka’s southern and western regions have killed at least 122 people and damaged more than 1,700 … Continue reading
