Improving an entire country's ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from extremely challenging events is a monumental task. What can you do as a business leader to shape a better, more resilient future for all?
According to the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report (2020), more than half the world's GDP ($44tn) is at risk of disruption due to nature loss. Nature-positive business models on the other hand, have the potential to generate $10 trillion in annual business opportunities and create 395 million jobs by 2030.
Resilience First responded to the Race to resilience Campaign on the significance of COP15 and the role that the UNFCC High Level Climate Champions can play in putting a spotlight on the biodiversity conservation agenda.
Personal Resilience is a Mind Set. Most of our formal education and training systems don't produce this quality as a learning outcome in their graduands. If we are to achieve a whole of society approach to national resilience, then we also have to have a 'whole of the person' approach to education, training and learning.
The tragedy that occurred in June 2017 was completely avoidable. 5 years on, there are still important lessons to learn.
Resilience First, in partnership with the Fire Protection Association, brought together a panel of industry experts over a live session discussing the outcomes of Phase 2 of the inquiry, the revised regulatory landscape and the implications for businesses. What does the Grenfell Tower Inquiry mean for business from a regulatory and advisory standpoint?
Decarbonising the world is the defining resilience challenge of the early 21st century. The UK is the fastest decarbonising of the G7 countries with 50% of electricity in the UK last year generated by low carbon sources.
70% of carbon emissions come from urban populations. How will the UK achieve this decarbonisation and how do you make already green city regions like Greater Manchester even greener?
Significant rises in fuel and food bills across the board in the UK will increasingly bite over the coming year and particularly if there were to be a long, harsh winter. The important question that arises from the cost-of-living crisis is whether pressures could see current industrial unrest over pay escalate into wider social disobedience and even civil disorder. The momentum of campaigns like ‘Don’t Pay UK’ and ‘Enough is Enough’ in one indicator. If a large swathe of the population cannot afford to heat its homes or to feed itself, or both, then wider civil unrest may not be far around the corner.
Greater Manchester is made up of ten districts which includes two cities, Manchester and Salford. The region has a population of almost 3 million people and represents the biggest economic area in the UK outside of London.
It’s been at the core of resilience thinking for the last 20 years and released its own Resilience Strategy in 2021.
Its population is predicted to grow by 10% over the next 20 years. This will require around 179,000 new homes in the region by 2037.
Can it remain resilient in light of such significant growth and what can other cities learn about urban growth from the Greater Manchester story?
