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Resilience News

CSPAN: Stephen Flynn on Infrastructure Resilience and Baltimore Bridge Collapse

In this live interview hosted by the Washington Journal, Dr. Stephen Flynn, the founding director of the Global Resilience Institute discusses how to mitigate risk and build infrastructure resilience in the aftermath of the Baltimore Key Bridge collapse.

Crews Cleaning Up Baltimore Bridge Wreckage

In this live interview on Fox News, Northeastern University Professor and infrastructure expert Stephen Flynn joins LiveNOW's Mike Pache to discuss the cleanup effort of the Baltimore Bridge.

Collapse of Baltimore Bridge Highlights the Cost of Failing to Safeguard Critical Spans

In this article by Supply Chain Brain, Global Resilience Institute director Dr. Stephen Flynn discusses the recent bridge collapse in Baltimore.

How Do You Move a Massive Ship and Broken Bridge? It Could Keep Baltimore Port Closed for Weeks

In this article by USA Today, Global Resilience Institute director Dr. Stephen Flynn weighs in on the bridge collapse in Baltimore.

Resilience Events

2024 Resilient Nation Partnership Network Forum

Join GRI online every Thursday from 1-3 p.m. Eastern Time in April for the Resilient Nation Partnership Network (RNPN) 2024 Partnership Forum co-hosted with the Sundance Institute. This year’s theme is “Stories of Resilience: Voices that Inspire."

16th Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum

Join GRI in person from April 24 - 26, 2024 for the 16th Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum. CREF is the premier annual meeting place for regional and international leaders who are united in a common goal: to ramp up investment in the energy transition across the Caribbean. 500 of those leaders joined us at a standout CREF 2023. The movement is growing. Join us in 2024 as we push the transition over the finish line.

Astrobiology Science Conference 2024

Join GRI in Providence, RI on 5-10 May 2024 for the Astrobiology Science Conference. AbSciCon brings the astrobiology community together every two years to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future.

CIROH Developers Conference

Join GRI and partner CIROH in person for the 2nd Annual Developers Conference May 29 – June 1, 2024, at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The conference aims to develop a community of practice around CIROH’s research and development activities.

Publications

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Implementation Recommendations for Phase 1 of the FY22 CIROH1 Study: “Analysis and Demonstration of the National Water Models Applicability to Resilience Planning”

The Global Resilience Institute is partnering with CUAHSI and CIROH to inspire and guide communities across the United States to embrace the National Water Model to guide resilience planning in the face of water-related hazards exacerbated by climate change.

How Northeastern is helping Caribbean communities combat climate change and extreme weather

With the help of a $1 million recently awarded federal grant, GRI and its GRRN island members, are partnering with three communities in Barbados and Dominica over the next two years to develop plans to respond to climate change and extreme weather events.

Transitioning From Urban Climate Action to Climate Equity

In this publication, GRI Faculty Affiliate Joan Fitzgerald identifies how planners and policymakers are making the climate action planning process more inclusive of marginalized groups and incorporating equity into the plan’s goals. Through the experiences of five cities, she reveals three actions essential to achieving authentic participation.

Beyond Climate Isolationism: a Necessary Shift for Climate Justice

In the September 2022 issue of Current Climate Change Reports, Faculty Affiliate Jennie Stephens reviews the inadequacy and dangers of climate isolationism, explores why climate justice provides an alternative more effective framing, and calls for more ....

Resilience Projects

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Advancing Community Climate Resilience Planning in the Caribbean Region

In this USAID funded project from 2019, the Global Resilience Institute (GRI) at Northeastern University (NEU) and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH) collaborated together in order to help form the Caribbean Islands Higher Education Resilience Consortium (CIHERC). The shared goal of the consortium members is to aid Caribbean Island States in mitigating and adapting to climate change effects while also pursuing economic development opportunities associated with building a resilient blue and green economy.

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FEMA Region 1 Resilience Research

Shortly after the pandemic began to have significant effects on U.S. public health and economic systems, GRI undertook a regional effort to develop Rapid Needs Assessments in each of the six New England states to provide to FEMA, state, and local decision makers. FEMA Region 1 asked GRI to examine the economic impact of COVID-19 on each of the states to quickly identify and provide insight on complex interdependencies, unaddressed problems, and economic recovery priorities.