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Stephen Flynn Features on NPR’s “Planet Money” Podcast – Of boats and boxes
GRI Founding Director, Stephen Flynn was invited by NPR to partake in one of their Planet Money podcast episodes that talked about the current impediments that broke global supply chain, and how its leading to ships being congested at ports with a backlogged of goods that are yet to be offloaded.
With his extensive experience with Maritime Transportation and Port Security, Stephen Flynn and co-host of NPR’s Planet Money podcast, Erikas Beras & Mary Childs take us on a trip to three ports around the U.S.
Event Recap
Funding, Financing and Delivery of Resilience Infrastructure
By Kathleen Fleischauer, Global Development Coordinator, GRI
The presentation began with an introduction by GRI Founding Director, Stephen Flynn, who emphasized the timeliness of the topic, considering the recent infrastructure legislation in the United States and the increased political and economic focus on renewing infrastructure across communities. Ms. Jill Jamieson, started off by recognizing that “resilience” means different things to different people, but emphasized that her discussion would focus on climate.
Resilience News
Jennie Stephens on Climate Obstructionism at COP26
While at the COP 26 event in Glasgow, Jennie Stephens, GRI’s Director of strategic research collaborations, participated in the Women and Gender Constituency where her and others voiced their thoughts towards the disappointment in wealthy countries who continue to prioritize profits and investments, in ineffective technological innovations, that contribute to climate change, over investments in social, political, and economic innovation that is so desperately needed for climate justice.
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In Pursuit of Resilience in Critical Infrastructure
By Kathleen Fleischauer, Global Development Coordinator, GRI
Last month, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Richard Mroz, presented on “In Pursuit of Resilience For Critical Infrastructure.” GRI Founding Director Stephen Flynn began the event by introducing Richard Mroz, citing him as one of the first professionals who really began to focus on resilience, especially regarding cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. While the importance of critical infrastructure and resilience has gained much more public awareness in recent years, there are still many questions about how to respond to its evolution. Mr. Mroz’s presentation aims to introduce some ideas in response to these questions.
