Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor's foreword -- Preface -- Turbulence - by way of an introduction -- Part I: Introduction to RAI -- 1. The Resilience action initiative: An introduction -- Part II: The resilience lens -- 2. A pragmatic frame to explore resilience -- 3. A resilience lens for enterprise risk management -- 4. Multi-sector collaboration for resilience -- 5. Building resilience through teamwork: Seven tips to make it work -- Part III: Resilience in action -- 6. The case for green infrastructure -- 7. Nexus! Resilience in a pressure cooker -- 8. Getting to resilience from the bottom-up -- 9. Corporations and Resilience -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Author biographies -- Bibliography -- Index
The ever tighter linking of our food, water, and energy systems in the context of a changing climate is leading to increasing turbulence in the world. As a consequence, it becomes ever more crucial to develop cities, regions, and economies with resilience in mind. Because of multinational corporations' global reach, substantial resources, and information-driven leadership structures, these entities can play a major, constructive role in improving our understanding and design of resilient systems. This volume is the product of the Resilience Action Initiative, a collaboration among Dow, DuPont, IBM, McKinsey, Shell, Siemens, Swiss Re, Unilever, and Yara designed to explore possible corporate contributions to global resilience, especially at the nexus of water, food, and energy. Aggressively forward-thinking and consistent with an enlightened self-interest, the ideas considered here represent a corporate perspective on the broad collaborations required for a more resilient world.
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