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Resilience to Severe Weather
Sir Mark WalportChief Scientific Adviser to HM Government
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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
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National Risk Register
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Climate Change consequences for likelihood and impact
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Focus on prevention and mitigation
5 Speech Title
Prevent Mitigate
RecoverRespondCredit: iStockphoto
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Credit: US Navy/Chad Zenthoefer
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What can science contribute?
Innovation: Managing Risk, Not Avoiding It, 27th March 2015
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From Data to Knowledge
Credit: US NOAA/PD Credit: Met Office Credit: Met Office
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Linking data-sets
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Importance of international collaboration:
e.g modelling ocean currents
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So what can we do?Better data visualisation
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So what can we do?Better long-term planning
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So what can we do?Better communication
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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
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