Partner publications

This Executive Summary, written by students of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), investigates the impact of invasive species on private industries, public utilities, and local governments. The focus is on the challenges and efforts to prevent, detect, control, and eradicate invasive species in the United States and Canada.

With rising cyber-crime highlighting vulnerabilities in digital dependency and the efforts by policymakers to establish frameworks to protect the rights of individuals and business, digital security awareness and resilience is one of the highest priority items on all agendas.

This report was authored by students of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) as part of a practicum project in the Energy, Resources and environment Program. The practicum requires student teams to partner with key organizations to address critical international policy challenges. Natural disasters pose grave threats to electric grids and their ability to deliver reliable electricity to communities.

This publication by the World Energy Council is developed in cooperation with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Marsh & McLennan Companies. Cyber is the third risk dimension investigated as part of the Financing Resilient Energy Infrastructure initiative (besides extreme weather and energy-food nexus). Drawing on insights from a network of energy industry experts, the report assesses the ways in which vulnerabilities in current and new energy infrastructures are changing. The report recommends actions that energy decision makers and stakeholders can take – individually and collaboratively – to improve the sector’s response to rising cyber threats, as part of a wider move towards resilience.

At CES in Las Vegas, Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors, IAV, Cubic Telecom, Esri and Swiss Re showcased their collective vision of safe and secure end-to-end mobility through a highly automated driving demonstration and experience.

Pandemic outbreaks can be economically devastating for the affected countries, overwhelming public finances and reversing hard-won development gains. The immediate economic disruption resulting from loss of life and suspended productivity can translate into lasting impediments to growth. In the current system, response mechanisms are much too slow, particularly in delivering financing to responsible counterparties. In addition, the effects of climate change will increase the inherent risk of pandemic outbreaks by changing environments and disease transmission vectors, heightening uncertainty as to the location, type and severity of the next outbreak.