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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 15/09/2026

ASRA’s Ajay Gambhir will be speaking at the Resilience World Nexus Summit 6–7 October. The conference aims to put resilience at the core of corporate strategy. Our research finds that the most effective risk responses unlock co-benefits and create space for transformation. www.rwnsummit.com

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The premier C-suite summit on resilience, risk and security. 6–7 October 2026, Church House Westminster, London.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 10/09/2026

The war in Ukraine. COVID-19. A climate disaster. When a single shock cascades across food, energy, finance, and social systems, it outruns the institutions built to respond. When the next complex global shock hits, the UN needs to be ready. New paper by Global Shield: complexglobalshocks.org

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Action 54 — Ready for the Next Global Shock

A pandemic. A war. A climate disaster. When shocks like these hit, they cascade around the world and outrun the institutions built to respond. 193 governments agreed the UN's response has to change.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 08/09/2026

At Lancaster University’s ‘Nature in Translation’ Conference, ASRA's @beingphilt.bsky.social & @adjuvant.bsky.social will present an innovative method of understanding nonhuman perspectives of systemic risk, piloted in our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. wp.lancs.ac.uk/animalsintra...

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Natures in Translation: AI, Ethics and Environmental Conservation Lancaster University, UK 1-2 October 2026 Conference funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and BRAID Abstract submissi…

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 04/09/2026

How did Quito build a more resilient food system? By first mapping the interconnected risks behind food insecurity. In response, the city prioritized urban agriculture and brought civil society, public & private sectors together to shape local food policy. www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/q...

“Interconnectedness: Extinguishing every flyaway ember is pointless if no one's tackling the wildfire.”

Four circles tangle and overlap.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 03/09/2026

Watch 3 excellent interviews recorded during the World Adaptation Forum 2026 featuring ASRA team and network members. 🎬 Discussing what it would take to make our governance systems, cities, and food systems more resilient to systemic risk. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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WAF 2026 Interviews

This playlist features interviews recorded at the World Adaptation Forum 2026, where leading thinkers, authors, and practitioners share insights on polycrisi...

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 26/08/2026

Where in the world is most resilient to global catastrophic risk? A new review by ASRA Network Member Florian Ulrich-Jehn identifies which factors make a country more or less resilient to global catastrophic risk, then recommends ways to build resilience. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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No Place to Hide? Regional Resilience and Vulnerability to Global Catastrophic Risk

No location on Earth withstands every global catastrophe. This review maps the geographic, institutional and infrastructural factors shaping resilience to nuclear, volcanic and impact winters, infras....

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 25/08/2026

The Rethink is a blog series by our global ASRA Network of risk-thinkers and doers. Here are 2 picks: 1. Dr. Chris Cormack argues that if governments handle AI policy choices poorly, they could see accelerating fiscal fragility and geopolitical risk. 👉 www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret... 🧵1/2

People walking across a cobbled square. The overlaid blog title reads: "How poor fiscal choices can amplify AI-driven instability."

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 20/08/2026

We collected ‘animal testimony’ to understand what systemic risk looks like for the nonhumans living alongside the River Tone in the UK. Find out how we did it, lessons learnt, and explore participants' experiences: www.asranetwork.org/news/turning... @beingphilt.bsky.social @adjuvant.bsky.social

A photo of an otter next to a blurry pieced-together image of an otter. This is Otter 2's 'animal testimony': “Like the world is repeatedly exploding and then very slowly reforming"—a passing train felt through paws, whiskers, whole body.⁠⁠"

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 12/08/2026

Young people in Australia challenged a proposed coal mine by arguing its cascading, interconnected risks to climate and human rights should be taken into account alongside economic benefit – and they won. 1/2 🧵

Traditional risk vs ASRA's view of risk: It's time to consider everything, everywhere, all at once.

One tree stands on its own. There is a gap and then a forest with the concept 'Everything, everywhere, all at once.'

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 11/08/2026

Our summer systemic risk reading list continues with 2 pieces by ASRA Network members: ‘On the risk of bullshit’ by Nick Silver www.asranetwork.org/news/on-the-... ‘Why multi-stakeholder governance is an investor's early warning system’ by @pdiviews.bsky.social www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

A close-up photo of the texture of sand dunes with overlaid text "On the Risk of Bullshit'

A photo of birds flying across a cloudy blue sky with the overlaid title: "Why Multi-Stakeholder Governance is an Investor’s Early Warning System"

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 06/08/2026

We’ve just confirmed a brilliant line-up of speakers for our webinar, Through Fur, Claw and Whisker: Lessons from Risk Assessment Beyond Human Eyes. Check out the speakers and sign up: www.asranetwork.org/news/through... @robdphillips.bsky.social @brontiemaria.bsky.social @beingphilt.bsky.social

Through Fur, Claw, and Whisker: Lessons from Risk Assessment Beyond Human Eyes. 24 September, 14:00 BST, Webinar.

A line art drawing of the River Tone on a light gray background. Photos of a deer, the River Tone, and a kestrel overlay the illustration.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 04/08/2026

ASRA Network members explore who needs to act on systemic risk & how in The Rethink series. Here are 2 must-reads: Awakening the nature-centric mindset by @tom-oliver.bsky.social: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret... Inequality – History's Great Villain by SoDy: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

Tiny brown mushrooms growing from a moss-covered log. The overlaid title reads: "Awakening the nature-centric mindset"

An overhead shot of two people walking on a black-and-white cobbled road. The Title reads "Inequality—History's great villain".

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 31/07/2026

The Times’ Science Writer @whippletom.bsky.social tried out the method underpinning our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. For one day, he slid along the riverbank in collaboration with Grass Snake to understand systemic risk from their perspective. Read the piece:

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I slid inside mind of a grass snake by spending a day on my tummy

A project on the River Tone aims to improve our understanding of the risks that animals face by getting volunteers to act like them

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 30/07/2026

Everywhere, organizations are confronting dissolution & restructuring. At ASRA we have been afforded time to transition deliberately and thoughtfully – and share our experience along the way. In a new blog, our Exec Director explores regeneration and lifecycles.

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Inside the Chrysalis #3: On Lifecycles and Regeneration

ASRA's ED reflects on organizational transition as regeneration, sharing progress on systemic risk work and legacy planning.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 29/07/2026

July's Radically Rethinking Risk lands tomorrow, exploring: * Planning for ASRA’s legacy * A new method for collecting animal testimony to use as evidence for systemic risk assessment * Steering AI away from systemic risk * Reflections from our member convening Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7...

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 23/07/2026

A wonderful cartoon from First Dog on the Moon in The Guardian yesterday captures the essence of our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Learn more about the project in our webinar: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @beingphilt.bsky.social

The first panel of the First Dog on the Moon cartoon in the Guardian. A dog in a lab coat asks an otter with a brainwave checking hat on: "How do animals feel about stuff and is this the most important question of our age? Probably (yes)

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 23/07/2026

Our new partnership with @UNDP.org Crisis Bureau will bring systemic risk tools and training directly to UNDP teams working in fragile contexts around the world. Devdiscourse writes about the partnership and what it could mean for global crisis preparedness.

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UNDP and ASRA Partner to Strengthen Global Crisis Preparedness

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 22/07/2026

Last month, we brought ASRA network members together in Marrakesh for our 3rd annual meeting. It reaffirmed the power of networks and of creating spaces for people to meet. Read our reflections on the meeting, touching on the evolution of systemic risk as a vocation. asranetwork.org/reflections-...

ASRA Network members present from a script in front of a projection of a phoenix rising from the flames.

Palm trees wave in the wind on a moonlit night in Marrakesh.

People sit around tables and listen as one of the members addresses the group.

Group portrait on the grass with a line of trees in the background.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 15/07/2026

ASRA Network members wrote 'The Rethink' series on who needs to act on systemic risk & how. Here are 2 must-reads: Democracies increase resilience, but are (somewhat) in decline www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret... Letting go of certainty to tackle global crises: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 13/07/2026

Covered by the BBC, Guardian, Times – our nature-centric risk pilot has become a UK-wide conversation. Join our webinar to hear what we learnt from the ‘Risks Beyond Human Eyes’ project and pose your own questions. September 24 🗓️ 14:00 BST ⏰ Online 🛜 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Illustration of the River Tone. This is a graphic for the webinar "Through fur, claw, and whisker: lessons from risk assessment beyond human eyes," taking place on 24 September, 14:00 BST.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 07/07/2026

AI risks chip away at our resilience, increasing vulnerability to large-scale harm. The Future of Life Institute is taking action to respond to systemic risk now, before collapse. Gain insights from their case study to apply to your own work: www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/t....

Increased vulnerability: Chip. Chip. Chip. Collapse.

A mountain range where 'chip' is written at the top of each peak. On the last peak, stones tumble down the side alongside the tumbling letters that spell out 'collapse'.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 06/07/2026

What do risks feel like as an otter or as a kestrel? Great BBC coverage of the Risks Beyond Human Eyes project about participants’ experiences of living as a nonhuman inhabitant of the River Tone. Listen back: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @beingphilt.bsky.social @adjuvant.bsky.social

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Somerset volunteers go wild for animal research project

A group of researchers take on a new approach to protecting animals - by attempting to live like them.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 02/07/2026

Great to see our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project covered by @yeomans.bsky.social for The Times. The project assessed how the risks facing River Tone, in the UK, can be understood through the eyes of the river's nonhuman inhabitants. Led by @beingphilt.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

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Wildlife researchers pretending to be otters and worms

As they swam, slithered and ran near the River Tone, the participants were encouraged to experience how the animals sense the world around them

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 30/06/2026

Today, we launch a partnership with @undp.org to help countries better understand & respond to interconnected global risks. The partnership will equip UNDP HQ & Country Offices with the tools & training to navigate systemic risks and develop effective responses. www.asranetwork.org/news/undp-an...

A motion-blurred photo of six people wearing brightly coloured clothes holding hands and walking in a circle. Overlaid text reads: "UNDP and ASRA launch partnership on crisis anticipation". In the bottom-right corner are the ASRA and UNDP logos.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 24/06/2026

How can communities navigate the polycrisis? In South Africa, a grassroots movement developed the Climate Justice Charter to call for a deep just transition. The Charter presents climate action as critical to tackling other systemic crises facing the country. www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/s...

Polycrisis: Crises, spawning crises, spawning crises, and they're feeding each other, all at once.

A tangled pathway leads from the initial word 'crises', tangling with symbols of different systems affected such as agriculture, energy, economy, and water. The line ends with the line 'And they're feeding each other, all at once.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 24/06/2026

Listen back to ASRA's @beingphilt.bsky.social and nature writer @anitaroy1000.bsky.social on Times Early Breakfast Radio with James Kitchin, discussing our Risks Beyond Human Eyes, an innovative pilot project that concluded at the end of May. Interview at 47:50 – www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

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James Kitchin with Early Breakfast | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times

Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 23/06/2026

Brilliant piece by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social on our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project in the Guardian. The project invited community members to assess how the risks facing the UK's River Tone can be understood through the eyes of the river's nonhuman inhabitants. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Emotional and horrific’: volunteers ‘live’ as Somerset animals to study wildlife risks

People trained to experience world as otters, salmon and other River Tone creatures for pioneering research

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 18/06/2026

Hear it from Christiana Figueres: holding systemic risk and systemic opportunity together can give us the energy to move forward. 1 year ago, Christiana Figueres, @outrageoptimism.bsky.social, spoke at our symposium about taking a systems approach to climate risk. youtu.be/B-246r-noxo?...

Two screenshots of Christiana delivering her keynote speech. The caption on the first frame reads: "Becoming more aware of systemic risk should, could, ought to make us also more aware of systemic opportunities."

The caption on the second frame reads: "How do we bring them together to conform the basis for
the energy that we need to move forward is sort of my constant mantra."

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 16/06/2026

If you’re curious about working with non-human perspectives in risk analysis, join our webinar to hear learnings from our project: Risk Beyond Human Eyes. September 24 🗓️ 14:00 BST ⏰ Online 🛜 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @beingphilt.bsky.social @adjuvant.bsky.social

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 12/06/2026

In Andhra Pradesh, India, around 1.8million farmers are putting systems transformation into practice. 🇮🇳 Hit by multiple crises, from soil degradation to water stress, the APCNF program is supporting the entire region's transition to natural farming. Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/c...

Transformation: You can't fit a square inside a circle, but you can transform one into the other. Things can change.

A white square becomes a circle in a sequence of overlapping shapes.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 11/06/2026

How can we collaborate with nonhumans to better assess systemic risks facing rivers? 🦦🦌 We’re exploring this question in our latest research project: Risks Beyond Human Eyes. Read the first blog in a new series exploring different elements of the project. www.asranetwork.org/news/learnin...

The Animal Collaboration Guide (ACG). © UWE and ASRA [2026]

Clatworthy dam impounds the headwaters © River Tone [2024]

Close-up of the River Tone. © European Otter of River Tone [2026]

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 05/06/2026

What does a nature-centric response to risk look like? The Biomimicry Institute shows how nature-inspired solutions can help address systemic risks, from climate change to biodiversity loss. www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/t... #WorldEnvironmentDay

Nature-centrism: Nature is the voice of the planet. It's time we learned to speak its language. What would we learn about this polycrisis moment?

A spiral with many circles whose centre contains symbols of the sun, water, and plants.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 02/06/2026

There’s still time to read our paper “The urgency of building systemic risk capacity in a polycrisis world” before open access ends on 6 June. The paper argues for a major reconfiguration across sectors to build systemic risk capacity to address the polycrisis. authors.elsevier.com/a/1myLn9C%7E...

Cross-sectoral recommendations to rapidly enhance systemic risk capacity. This figure illustrates, at a high level, the proposed actions (depicted in each of the six segments of the circle) that should be urgently undertaken by six different groups of organizations (depicted on the outside of the circle) to collectively contribute toward building systemic risk capacity across scales and sectors. Image originally published in One Earth Journal.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 27/05/2026

Today’s polycrisis results from a failure to mitigate systemic risk. Could a new set of principles help us better navigate this moment? Find out in the May edition of our newsletter ‘Radically Rethinking Risk’, out tomorrow. Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7...

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 27/05/2026

The world must decarbonize energy to tackle the climate crisis. But the energy transition comes with its own challenges, being deeply entangled with social and political systems. Watch from 14:35 to hear the systems map explained: youtu.be/tra78c8rCp4?... Thanks @e-axesforum.bsky.social.

A stylized systems map showing causal links between the net-zero transition and other systemic drivers.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 22/05/2026

Nature is often reduced to a metric or static point in a database. But what if it could be more than that? Explore ways to expand perception of systemic risk beyond human eyes: www.asranetwork.org/news/let-the... #BiodiversityDay

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Let the Mushrooms Run the Risk Department! Challenging…

The frameworks we use to assess and respond to risk remain strikingly narrow. We begin and end with one species: humans. Phil Tovey argues for a…

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 21/05/2026

Principles can help societies and organizations navigate the polycrisis and ensure a safe future. Our new paper in Global Sustainability, @universitypress.cambridge.org, proposes 10 principles for systemic risk governance. 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A photo of the milky way. Overlaid over the stars and an ASRA pink half moon, the title reads: "New paper: Principles for just and effective systemic risk governance".

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 20/05/2026

It’s impossible to properly understand or address the systemic risks of our time without listening to, or learning from, nature. It was a pleasure to attend the brilliant MOTH Festival of Ideas to explore ways to understand and protect animals, forests, and oceans. 🐳 🦅🌳 #morethanhuman

Merlin Sheldrake speaks at the MOTH Festival of Ideas. A photo of a mycelium fungi which has eaten a small black of wood and is reaching out on all sides to find its next meal is projected on a screen behind him.

Alex Lucitante prepares to sing, sitting on stage with his guitar and behind him there is a projected photo of a boat sailing down the river in his region.

A panel talk at MOTH Festival ideas with David Gruber, Aperahama Edwards, César Rodríguez-Garavito, and Emma Crowe.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 15/05/2026

New research points to a blind spot in the UK’s risk architecture that prevents it from preparing for AMOC collapse. Article by @thierryaaron.bsky.social & Ajay Gambir for National Preparedness Commission: nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications...

Image of mist drifting across a snowy field. Text reads: "The blind spot gets bigger:
What the latest AMOC research means for UK national security"

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 14/05/2026

Two Nordic nations have made preparing for future risks part of people’s everyday life. It’s an act of honest hope and clear-eyed realism. In Sweden and Finland, everyone has a role in building societal resilience and preparedness. Find out more: www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/n...

Honest Hope: We must approach the future with clear-eyed realism and honest hope instead of 'optimism' and 'pessimism'.

A full sun sets over water with ripples that represent different ways to approach the future. The first two lines titled 'optimism' and pessimism' are crossed out. 'Clear-eyed realism' and 'Honest hope' are what remain.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 13/05/2026

The MOTH Festival of Ideas kicks off this week on the rights of nature. Looking forward to conversations on how we de-centre the human & recognise nonhumans as actors with agency. If you’re going, say hi to ASRA’s @adjuvant.bsky.social & @heathernicholson.bsky.social

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Overview — MOTH Festival of Ideas

Join the 2026 MOTH Festival of Ideas in London to explore the rights of the more-than-human world through interdisciplinary talks, panels, and public events from May 14-16, 2026.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🚨New article My first for nationalpreparednesscommission.uk, co-authored with Ajay Gambhir, @asranetwork.org, on what the latest #AMOC research means for UK national security. The UK's risk machinery still isn't pointed at the problem🧵 nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications...

The blind spot gets bigger: what the latest AMOC research means for UK national security

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 12/05/2026

ASRA is in its cocoon phase, dissolving our current form to metamorphosis into something else. We’re openly sharing what that looks and feels like. Read the second blog in our series ‘Inside the Chrysalis’, written by Ruth Richardson, our Executive Director: www.asranetwork.org/news/what-of...

A cartoon of a tree growing on the hill, and the tree represents ASRA. Two people stand looking at the tree and one says: "Does it have solid foundations?" The hill is transparent and we see that the ASRA tree has thousands of twisting roots that extend deep underground. The cartoon is by Rojo Ham

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 01/05/2026

Join us at the E-axes Forum webinar: “Polycrisis, Energy, and Climate Change”. The event will explore how systemic risks emerge from complex interdependencies and non-linear dynamics, challenging established governance and regulatory frameworks. May 11, 2026 🗓️

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"Polycrisis, Energy, and Climate Change" - E-Axes Forum

On May 11th, Ortwin Renn (IASS), Ajay Gambhir (ASRA), and Jo Paisley (GARP) will discuss how systemic risks emerge from complex interdependencies, non‑linear dynamics, and cascading effects that…

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 30/04/2026

“The vast majority of us weren’t brought up in a systems thinking manner.” In a short interview for StoryMoss Magazine, Sarah Hendel-Blackford discusses her work with the next generation, helping them to understand, prevent, and respond to systemic risk. youtu.be/ivyAZXVu-7E?...

“I have gone into schools to talk about systemic risks…it’s incredibly energizing and I learn so much. I really want to impart a perspective that there are things that we can all do regardless of our age or stage in life.”
Portrait of Sarah Hendel-Blackford, Director of Systemic Risk Policy & Response, ASRA

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 29/04/2026

We are dangerously exposed to interconnected crises. Yet decision-making in policy and boardrooms still approaches global risks in silos and from a human-only perspective. The April edition of Radically Rethinking Risk lands tomorrow. Sign up:

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ASRA newsletter

Keep up to date with the latest news on systemic risk assessment.

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 22/04/2026

Can you imagine what risk feels like for a jaguar, a fungus, or a beetle?🪲🍄‍🟫#EarthDay The frameworks we use to assess & respond to risk are strikingly narrow. We begin and end with one species: humans. We challenge human-centred approaches to risk in a new blog: www.asranetwork.org/news/let-the...

Earthstar mushrooms. "Which risks disturb you?"

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 21/04/2026

Next week, our Director of Systemic Risk Policy and Response, Sarah Hendel-Blackford, will speak on ‘Systemic risk exposed: from adaptation to transformation’ at the World Adaptation Forum. 🗓️ 23–24 April 📍 Join in Budapest or online Register here:

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World Adaptation Forum 2026 - Facing Polycrisis

Conference on Our Future Clearly and Without Illusions - 23-24. April 2026 / Budapest

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 20/04/2026

New ASRA paper in One Earth: The urgency of building systemic risk capacity in a polycrisis world. The paper led by Ajay Gambhir shows that the world is ill-equipped to deal with rapidly unfolding, interconnected crises that stem from systemic risk. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

Cartoon of a man looking through a telescope at a tree. Next to the tree is a series of disasters from a tornado and a fire, to a rocket crashing and a storm. The man says "It all looks fine from here."

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · 16/04/2026

Do animals have and express a collective desire for the future? Phil Tovey, Director of Nature-Centric Approaches, will explore the capacity for vision phenomena in nonhumans at the ISAE UK & Ireland regional meeting. * 21 April www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/isae-uk-ir...

Three sparrows turn towards each other as they sit on a wooden fence in the snow.

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