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Critical infrastructure

The physical structures, facilities, networks and other assets which provide services that are essential to the social and economic functioning of a community or society.

One failure can trigger a chain reaction.

Latest Critical infrastructure additions in the Knowledge Base

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Cuba is strengthening DRR through anticipatory action, risk-informed planning and inclusive Cooperation Frameworks that address climate hazards and social vulnerabilities.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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A team at the Applied Physics Lab is working to understand the complex science behind predicting invisible threats that can quickly cripple electric grid infrastructure on Earth.

Johns Hopkins University
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This paper examines why extreme weather resilience is becoming a core priority for infrastructure investors and how it should be built into investment decisions.

Actis
Enhancing urban traffic resilience under pluvial flooding through adaptive signal control thumbnail
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This study developed an integrated simulation framework that couples hydrodynamic inundation modeling with an agent-based traffic-rescue simulation to examine adaptive resilience in urban traffic networks under compound flood-traffic conditions.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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The East Palestine derailment illustrates an increasingly common reality: industrial facilities and critical infrastructure systems operate within highly interconnected environments.

Domestic Preparedness
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A severe winter snow drought has left snowpack levels far below normal across the American West in 2026.

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This briefing paper presents key findings from a semi-quantitative climate risk assessment of Syria's electricity sector, intended to support the country's reconstruction efforts.

ODI Global
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The study addresses growing disaster risks to infrastructure caused by climate change and extreme weather, which generate significant economic losses globally and in India.

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
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