‘The UK Government Resilience Action Plan: what’s in it for resilience professionals?’ DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“The Government’s UK COVID-19 Inquiry highlighted its own failings in its first module, published in July 2024. It highlighted inadequate planning, dated and inadaptable plans, little consideration of existing health and social inequalities, limited scientific and inadequate training provided to Government ministers, flawed risk assessments, outdated documentation, and lack of freedom and autonomy to express […] View MoreDerailments, Wildfires, AI and More: 2023 in Review
As we bid farewell to 2023, here’s a look back at some of the big resilience stories and DRI milestones we covered this year. January: DRI International Releases 8th Annual Predictions Report ‘Your Husband is a Polar Bear, Skinny’: FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Translation Blunder February: Train Derailment and Chemical Explosion Exposes Clear and Present Danger […] View MoreWHO Declares COVID-19 Emergency Over – So What’s Next?
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the coronavirus is no longer a global emergency. But it’s also taking steps to ensure the next pandemic doesn’t have the same disastrous effects. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a recent panel […] View MoreSupply Chain: Chinese Sourcing Among the Big Risks of 2023
If you needed a reminder that the pandemic hasn’t gone away, COVID-19 disruptions continue to plague China-based suppliers. Analytics firm Everstream’s annual risk report gave a 90% risk score to the possibility of delays and cancellations from Chinese manufacturers, highlighting the continuing COVID-19 disruptions. These disruptions have led to numerous supply chain difficulties, including 85 […] View More2023 Predictions: What is China’s Future on the World Stage?
The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 8th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2022 and its impact on the resilience community. Download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction on China’s economic and political outlook. Prediction 6: China will face a period of economic uncertainty […] View MoreThe ‘Tripledemic’ Illness Season Has Hit the Medicine Supply Chain
Dominoes continue to fall, as the winter illness trifecta of COVID, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) isn’t just making people sick – it’s having an increasing impact on the supply chain of much-needed medicines, a shortage not seen in more than a decade. If you’re a resilience professional and/or a parent, you may have […] View MoreAre You Ready for a ‘Triple-Demic’ For the Holidays?
Health officials are warning of a serious jump in COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity throughout the winter, reminding us that the pandemic hasn’t left us yet. What can your organization expect? The U.S. is seeing an unusually high increase in respiratory infections over the past few weeks, according to the Centers for […] View MoreDownload the September Edition of the Crisis Response Journal!
The September edition of the Crisis Response Journal is now available to download from our Library! This month’s topics include ethical emergency management, COVID-19 risk fatigue, information warfare, and much more. CRJ offers DRI Certified Professionals a digital subscription for only $15 and hard copy subscription for only $100, a significant discount from the list […] View MoreWHO Reminder: The Pandemic is Not Over
A recent meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) raised important concerns about the continuing COVID-19 threat – and how treating it as though it has ended could be setting us all up for bigger problems. The twelfth meeting of the WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee regarding the pandemic determined that the COVID-19 pandemic […] View MoreSupply Chain Crisis: Are You Staying on Top of the Ever-Evolving Risks?
High-impact supply chain events are now an everyday fact of life for businesses. But while most organizations can identify the causes of these disruptions, not enough are spotting risks before they become disasters. Based on an Interos survey of 1,500 decision makers across multiple industries, the average annual cost of supply chain disruptions to each […] View More