UK Chief Scientific Advisor calls for better climate change communication

June 20, 2014 Get Resilient 0

Contributor: Will Bugler The grand surroundings of the British Medical Association’s central London headquarters played host to the University of Reading Walker Institute’s Annual Lecture earlier this month. The focus of the 2014 lecture was […]

The rise of resilience: Linking resilience and sustainability in city planning

June 10, 2014 Get Resilient 0

Contributor: Dr Timon McPhearson Cities around the world are making plans, developing agendas, and articulating goals for urban resilience, but is urban resilience really possible? Resilience to what, for what, and for whom? Additionally, resilience is […]

Issues of resilience, interdependence and growth affect global climate change risk

June 5, 2014 Get Resilient 0

Contributor: Robin Webster Half of the world’s economic output will be concentrated in countries at “extreme risk” from natural hazards by 2025, according to a new study. It suggests that economic growth will not necessarily […]