Commentary

NCSR conference one week on, my final reflections

Timely, topical and critically relevant. As many of us will be aware the 2023 IPCC ARG 6 synthesis report for climate change came out...

Global Developments in Disaster Science and Considerations for Communication

A brilliant report, on recent developments in disaster science by UNDRR (United Nation’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) which...

National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] - Part 7

how can the national ambition be delivered locally - Day 2 Round tables discussion facilitated by Marcus Bowen Notes from the session:...

National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] - Part 2

Societal Resilience: A view from DLUHC - Colin Payne This was a very timely and topical insight into what is being done at the national...

National Consortium for Societal Resilience [UK+] - Part 1

Chair's Welcome A fantastic opening by Prof. Duncan Shaw and wonderful to see such an enormous collective collaboration, to address the...

Reflections from my Armchair

Having spent most of my professional life dealing with preparation and contingency planning for dramatic events and disasters as well as...