Tag: Resilience

Coordination of Volunteer Efforts in Post Disaster Stage

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 26/03/2020
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Large scale events like the coronavirus (COVID-19) and other factors are changing how we volunteer during disasters. This week’s featured graphic points out objectives, principles and suggested actions to help the coordination of volunteers in the immediate aftermath of a disaster event. For more on the integration of spontaneous and emergent volunteers in disaster management and civil protection, read CSS’ Tim Prior and Florian Roth’s CSS Risk and Resilience Report on Volunteerism in Disaster Management.

Tags Coronavirus, Security, Health, Disaster response, Civilian Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience

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Selected Targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 03/01/2020
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This graphic outlines data related to four of the seven targets set out in the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), which seeks to highlight the interdependencies between sustainable development, human development and disaster risk reduction (DRR). To find out about global disaster risk reduction efforts and more, see Tim Prior and Florian Roth’s recent CSS Analyses in Security Policy, ‘Resilience to Disaster Is No Small Measure’.

Tags Security, Natural disasters, Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience

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Missions of the Swiss National Economic Supply (NES) Organization

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 28/11/2019
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This week’s featured graphic summarizes the efforts of Switzerland’s National Economic Supply (NES) organization to deal with shortages in vital goods and services since 2010. To find out more about the NES, read Andrin Hauri’s new CSS Analysis in Security Policy on ‘National Economic Supply as an Emergency Precaution’.

Tags Energy Supply and Shortages, Resilience, Switzerland, Food Security, Economy

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Strategic Trends 2018

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 26/04/2018
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*US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after addressing the Republican Congressional Retreat, 1 February 2018. Yuri Gripas / Reuters*

Strategic Trends 2018: The CSS has published its annual analysis of major developments in world affairs. The four topics covered include whether or not emerging trends suggest the US could become a less reliable partner for Europe; why Russia and China are likely to continue building closer relations; the potential impact of energy technologies on international politics; and how resilience can act as an instrument of deterrence.

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Tags China, Security, Russia, United States of America, Geopolitics, Energy, Deterrence, Resilience