Resilience to severe weather
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Resilience to Severe Weather
Sir Mark WalportChief Scientific Adviser to HM Government
Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser
• Health, wellbeing, security & resilience
• Knowledge translated to economic advantage
• The right science for emergencies
• Underpinning policy with evidence
• Advocacy and leadership for science
Credit: iStockphoto
National Risk Register
Climate Change consequences for likelihood and impact
Focus on prevention and mitigation
5 Speech Title
Prevent Mitigate
RecoverRespondCredit: iStockphoto
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Credit: US Navy/Chad Zenthoefer
What can science contribute?
Innovation: Managing Risk, Not Avoiding It, 27th March 2015
From Data to Knowledge
Credit: US NOAA/PD Credit: Met Office Credit: Met Office
Linking data-sets
Importance of international collaboration:
e.g modelling ocean currents
So what can we do?Better data visualisation
So what can we do?Better long-term planning
So what can we do?Better communication
Conclusion
• Focus more on preventing and mitigating risks
• Investigate the potential of cascading risks and impacts
• Use this knowledge to develop the tools necessary to deal with risks
• Work together to share information and expertise
• Communicating to the public effectively is vital
Every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and to obtain their permission for the use of copyright material. We apologise for any errors or omissions in the included attributions and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future versions of this slide set. We can be contacted through [email protected].
@uksciencechief
www.gov.uk/go-science