How can governments prepare for and manage high impact risks

Disaster risk management of threats and hazards is one of the critical responsibilities and function of all governments.

Citizens of any country depend on their governments to protect them, the society and everything that belongs to it – infrastructure, economy, environment, and culture from any form of disaster, either from natural or unnatural events.

Governments also need to adequately invest in pre-emptive measures to enhance resilience and prepare for extreme events and threats such as climate change, technological threats, and biological threats; some of these hazards will likely happen at some point, and others can easily turn into a crisis.

Unfortunately, there is a disconnect between scientific and policy awareness and actual policy and investment actions.

The report from The University of Auckland’s Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures, “Uncertain But Inevitable: The Expert-Policy-Political Nexus and High-Impact Risks”, seeks to address this gap.

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