The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)

📢 Early warnings only work when they are received, understood, and acted upon by everyone. That’s why early warning systems needs to be: 🔺 Multi-hazard ⛓️ End-to-end 🤝 People-centred Through the #EarlyWarningsForAll initiative, UNDRR and our partners – World Meteorological Organization, International Telecommunication Union and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC – are working to scale early warning systems that are multi-hazard, end-to-end, and people-centered, so everyone, everywhere, is protected. ➡️Learn more: https://ow.ly/W5nK50Xxsas #DRRretrospective

how new rules could stop AI scrapers destroying the internet: Written by T.J. Thomson, Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University Australians are among the most anxious in the world about artificial intelligence (AI). This anxiety is driven by fears AI is used to spread misinformation and scam people, anxiety over job losses, and the fact AI companies are training their models […] #ArtificialIntelligence #AIScrapers #Misinformation #JobLosses #DigitalMedia

The Web Is Becoming a Control Plane. 🌐🔐🛡️ For years, “web risk” was treated as a cybersecurity issue. That framing is now too small. The modern web is the control plane for society and the economy: identity, authentication, payments, reputation, knowledge, and coordination increasingly run through web platforms and APIs. The shift is being driven by reinforcing changes: AI-generated content at scale (cheap persuasion, cheap deception) synthetic identity and automated fraud (volume overwhelms manual controls) platform and API concentration (few utilities underpin many services) algorithmic amplification (small narratives can become mass behavior) cross-border enforcement fragmentation (different rules, same networks) dependency risk (cloud regions, CDNs, identity providers, payment rails) trust erosion (users can’t tell what’s real, and institutions can’t prove it) Individually, these are hard to manage. Collectively, they increase system coupling: a platform incident becomes a commerce outage a manipulation wave becomes market and legitimacy stress an identity failure becomes fraud and exclusion at scale a dependency outage becomes an economy-wide disruption If the web is the control plane, then trust is an engineering problem. What Future of Web is (GCRI) Future of Web is GCRI’s de-risking platform and open R&D ecosystem. It supports governments, enterprises, platforms, and researchers in one objective: Scale digital services without scaling deception, dependency failure, or instability. The platform translates frontier change into operational readiness through: Signals: monitoring where integrity and dependency risk is building Controls: testable patterns for identity, content integrity, and resilience Evidence: decision support that is auditable, repeatable, and defensible under scrutiny Implementation: deployable methods that work across jurisdictions and tech stacks De-risking priorities leaders are standardizing now ✅ ✅ identity trust upgrades (anti-synthetic identity, stepped verification) ✅ provenance and authenticity controls (what is real, how we know) ✅ platform dependency mapping (single points of failure across vendors and utilities) ✅ manipulation and influence readiness (detection, response, correction discipline) ✅ resilience engineering (safe-mode operations during platform or CDN failure) ✅ evidence readiness (what happened, what changed, what was enforced, why) The next decade won’t be defined by who ships features fastest. It will be defined by who can operate the web as a trusted control plane under continuous adversarial pressure. Learn more: http://dlvr.it/TRj53R Actions: Membership: http://dlvr.it/TRj53T Partnership: http://dlvr.it/TRj53V Sponsorship: http://dlvr.it/TRj53Y Fellowship: http://dlvr.it/TRj53Z #FutureOfWeb #DigitalTrust #InformationIntegrity #IdentitySecurity #FraudRisk #CyberResilience #Web3 #Internet

Oil reserves last for weeks. Solar panels last for decades: Written by Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Oil and gas prices are shooting up as war in the Middle East cuts down the supply of fossil fuels available, in what has been described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets”. There have been several major upheavals in energy […] #OilPrices #EnergyCrisis #SolarEnergy #SustainableLiving #FossilFuels

Some schools have stopped running camps as costs rise. What can we do instead?: Written by Brendon Hyndman, Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University School camps have long been a rite of passage for many Australian students in both primary and high school. Typically, camps begin in primary school and continue into the secondary years, ranging from a single overnight stay to several days away. But the school […] #Education #SchoolCamps #RiteOfPassage #StudentExperience #CostOfEducation

Singapore Risk Intelligence — now available online 🇸🇬 Singapore Risk Intelligence is an online capability for Singapore-focused risk management R&D—built for experts and stakeholders who need structured analysis, scenario work, and decision support across hazards and operational disruption. It’s designed for collaborative work: configurable inputs, clear outputs, and evidence-first reporting. Capabilities (what you can do): 🗺️ Hyperlocal simulation + geospatial alignment (districts, planning areas, catchments, corridors) 🌧️🌊 Climate adaptation, extreme rainfall & coastal flooding scenarios, with uncertainty made explicit ⚓✈️ Port, maritime lanes & aviation operations scenarios (trade routes, chokepoints, logistics continuity) 🔐 Cyber and operational resilience stress tests for critical services and regulated environments 🏦 Financial market and operational disruption scenarios relevant to system stability and continuity ⚙️ Cascading dependency mapping (utilities, telecom, data centres, transport, water systems, healthcare) ⏱️ Risk categories + time horizons (credit, market, liquidity, operational, climate, geopolitical, supply chain, cyber; near-term to long-range) 📉 Scenario & stress testing for policy, infrastructure investment, and continuity planning (ministries, MAS-regulated institutions, logistics operators) 📄 Configurable outputs: Simulation, Executive, Technical, Policy, Clause Stack, Nexus, Market Research 🧭 Optional standards alignment for comparability (Basel, Solvency, IFRS, NGFS, ISSB, CSRD, Sendai) 📎 File-assisted analysis (bring PDFs/docs to ground assumptions and scenarios) Who it’s for (open to collaborate): 👥 Researchers, engineers, analysts, and domain experts 🏛️ National institutions & regulators (research interface) ⚙️ Critical operators (port, aviation, utilities, telecom, data centres) & emergency management teams 🧪 Service providers & labs (hazard intelligence, EO/GIS, modeling, verification, tooling, training) 💼 Finance & insurance stakeholders supporting Singapore programs and Singapore-related exposures 🔗 Access / collaborate (online): http://dlvr.it/TRhq2Y Actions: ✅ Membership: http://dlvr.it/TRhq2Z 🤝 Partnership: http://dlvr.it/TRhq2b 🎯 Sponsorship: http://dlvr.it/TRhq2c 🎓 Fellowship: http://dlvr.it/TRhq2d #Singapore #RiskIntelligence #RiskManagement #Resilience #R&D #OperationalResilience #CyberRisk #ClimateRisk #ScenarioPlanning

Food Security Is a Cascade Risk. 🌾🚢🛡️ Food risk is not one problem. It’s a cascade: production, inputs, storage, transport, trade policy, prices, and household affordability—tightly linked to energy, water, and finance. The modern failure mode is amplification: a climate shock reduces yield input prices spike and planting decisions change corridors choke (ports, rail, inland logistics, cold chain) policy reacts (export bans, price controls, procurement shifts) prices move faster than incomes affordability becomes instability By the time headlines appear, the system is already behind. What leaders need is not more reports. They need verified signals and pre-agreed actions that can be executed early. Future of Food is GCRI’s de-risking platform and open R&D ecosystem. It supports governments, agribusiness, insurers, banks, humanitarian actors, and investors in one objective: Stabilize food systems under stress—without scaling disruption. The platform translates frontier food risk into operational readiness through: Signals: early warning across crop stress, inputs, markets, and corridor constraints Controls: testable patterns for anticipatory action and continuity planning Evidence: decision support that is auditable, repeatable, and defensible under scrutiny Implementation: deployable methods to reduce volatility and protect access De-risking priorities leaders are standardizing now ✅ ✅ staple dependency mapping (origins × substitutes × corridors) ✅ input and planting stress monitoring (fertilizer, fuel, finance constraints) ✅ corridor and storage chokepoint visibility (ports, rail nodes, cold chain) ✅ anticipatory action triggers (when to release reserves, reroute, pre-position) ✅ policy shock readiness (export bans, procurement shifts, price controls) ✅ affordability protection design (targeted support that prevents spillover instability) Food resilience isn’t only yield. It’s stability under pressure—with decisions made early enough to matter. Learn more: http://dlvr.it/TRhD3N Actions: Membership: http://dlvr.it/TRhD3Q Partnership: http://dlvr.it/TRhD3R Sponsorship: http://dlvr.it/TRhD3S Fellowship: http://dlvr.it/TRhD3T #FutureOfFood #FoodSecurity #SupplyChainRisk #AgriRisk #OperationalReadiness #EarlyWarning #ClimateRisk #PriceStability #Resilience #GCRI

USA Risks Newsletter — concise situational awareness for risk professionals 🇺🇸 USA Risks Newsletter is a daily, expert-curated digest built for practitioners who need to track what matters—fast—without wading through noise. It’s designed for risk managers, analysts, infrastructure operators, public safety teams, insurers, and policy professionals who need a reliable morning scan. What you’ll get each morning: 📰 Top headlines selected for relevance to the U.S. risk landscape (not trending topics) 📌 Key resources & opportunities (data releases, standards drafts, calls for experts, events, roles) 🔎 Operational signals and community updates—what’s changing, what to watch, and why it matters Core focus areas: • Public safety & emergency management • Climate and severe weather (storms, floods, wildfire, heat, drought, coastal risk) • Cybersecurity & operational resilience • Energy & critical infrastructure • Supply chain and transport disruption • Public health signals • Financial and systemic risk • Geopolitical and security developments affecting continuity Built for situational awareness in minutes, with links for deeper follow-up when you need it. 👉 Subscribe here: http://dlvr.it/TRh4Rh #USA #RiskManagement #Resilience #CriticalInfrastructure #Cybersecurity #ClimateRisk #FinancialRisk #DRR #DRF #DRI

Why Iran can’t afford to shut down the internet forever – even if the world doesn’t act: Written by Dara Conduit, ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne As citizens around the world prepared to welcome the new year, Iranians began taking to the streets to protest their country’s deepening economic crisis. Spurred by the continued devaluation of the Iranian currency against the US dollar, as well as crippling inflation, the unrest […] #IranProtests #InternetFreedom #EconomicCrisis #Iranians #Iran