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Societal Resilience Initiatives During Covid-19
05 July 2022In March 2020, Covid-19 plunged us all into a new reality that tested the resilience of each of us. In a study funded by the JRSST Charitable Trust, Dr Judy… Read more
Turning learnings into legacies for Grenfell survivors
17 June 2022When emergencies happen, communities respond to meet the needs of the people involved. Benefitting from a deep understanding of the local community, including insight into the needs and concerns of… Read more
Five years on from Grenfell and the 2017 terror attacks, we must put survivor learnings front and centre.
14 June 2022Thelma Stober is a survivor of the 7/7 London bombings, Deputy Lieutenant for Greater London, and Co-Chair of the Grenfell Memorial Commission. She is also a Trustee of the National… Read more
National Preparedness Commission Roundtable on “The Data Sharing Imperative”
08 June 2022Here is a summary of the roundtable organised by the National Preparedness Commission to discuss the Commission’s recent research ‘The Data Sharing Imperative: Lessons from the Pandemic’. The roundtable was… Read more
Civil Contingencies Act Independent Review Round Table
27 May 2022Here is a summary of the roundtable organised by the National Preparedness Commission (NPC) to discuss the report on the independent review of the Civil Contingencies Act and its Supporting… Read more
The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security
27 April 2022Researchers at Chatham House have published a report investigating the war in Ukraine and threats to food and energy security that arise from it. Presenting the socio-economic backdrop to the… Read more
Government Response to the Report of the Risk Committee
27 April 2022In this article, Rt Hon Lord James Arbuthnot comments on the Government’s response to a report by the Special Select Committee of the House of Lords on Risk Assessment and… Read more
Exploring principles for resilient infrastructure
11 April 2022Professor Liz Varga is Professor of Complex Systems at University College London and a Commissioner of the National Preparedness Commission. Here, Professor Varga offers an overview of her work to develop a set of principles or shared goals for national infrastructure resilience, with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Independent Review of the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act
23 March 2022The National Preparedness Commission has published its Independent Review of the 2004 Civil Contingencies Act and its supporting arrangements. The Review was prepared by a team of experts in the… Read more
London Prepared: A City-Wide Endeavour
22 March 2022This commentary by Lord Toby Harris for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and is reproduced here with RUSI’s permission. Last summer, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, asked me… Read more