Governing Systemic Risk: Exploring Governance Arrangements that are fits for purpose in the 21st Century

Risk is becoming increasingly multi-dimensional with knock-on effects among interconnected social, environmental, political, and economic systems. This panel brings together a range of experts from different backgrounds to share their perspectives on systemic risk and governance. The panel will also discuss the  preliminary findings of a new study of UNDP that explores how the concept of systemic risk can be translated from a still largely abstract global concern to an issue that is central to the achievement of the SDGs and relevant to the agenda of national and local governments. 

The speakers include:

• George Conway, Deputy Director, UNDP Crisis Bureau
• Andrew Maskrey, Coordinator of the Risk Nexus Initiative (RNI)
• Jenty Kirsch-Wood, Head of Global Risk Management and Reporting, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
• Prof Dr. Ortwin Renn Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
• Pedro Conceição, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP

The session will be moderated by Ronal Jackson, Head of Disaster Risk Reduction & Recovery for Building Resilience Team, UNDP.

This event is part of the Development Dialogues: Rethinking Solutions to Crisis in the Decade of Action, taking place between March and June 2021. Please register under the events tab. You can follow the dialogues on social media using the hashtags: #DevelopmentDialogues and #Development4Crises.

Time: 10.00 AM (EST)