Data from the World Risk Poll suggests that people are more likely to blame local than national government for a lack of resilient infrastructure and disaster preparedness. For example, globally, people who experienced a disaster in the last five years and lost access to clean drinking water for more than a day are 7 percentage points more likely to say their national government is well prepared for a future disaster than local government.Â
In response to this, Reuters Events is partnering with Lloyd's Register Foundation to bring you the 'Critical Infrastructure Resilience & Perceptions of Disaster Preparedness' webinar, October 12th, 10-11am EDT, to explore the impact of poor infrastructure resilience on public confidence in disaster preparedness. Join leading resilience and critical infrastructure professionals to discuss how industry and different levels of government can work together to improve resilience and rebuild the confidence of their citizens and customers.Â
Join Aaron Gardner, Data Visualisation & Insight Scientist; Lloyd's Register Foundation, Gerson Nethavhani, Control Environment Officer; Climate Change, Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Jessica Brislin Higgs, Senior Climate Resilience Advisor, Mott MacDonald, and Monica Cardarilli, Project Officer: Security Risks, Critical Infrastructure Resilience & Hybrid Threats, European Commission Joint Research Centre to:Â
- Assess Impact - Explore new data on infrastructure resilience and its impact on public confidence in disaster preparedness.Â
- Identify Risk - Understand key indicators of vulnerability of public access to services during and after a disaster.
- Understand important aspect of resilience - Exploit and maximise the resilience strengths in the countries and regions in which we work, while taking action to address the weaknesses.
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And remember - if you can't join LIVE on the day, sign up anyway (!) and we'll send you the recordings afterwards.
