Local and Global Resilience

3. Local and global resilience

New and emerging possibilities for managing global risks

The success of international civil society organizations in attempting to raise awareness about, and find solutions for, environmental and social risks associated with global interactions

Detailed examples of one environmental and one social civil society organization action

Strategies to build resilience:

re-shoring of economic activity by TNCs
use of crowd-sourcing technologies to build resilience by government and civil society
new technologies for the management of global flows of data and people, including cybersecurity and e-passports

managing global risks.pdf

This section of the syllabus brings together a lot of what we have already covered - we can use case studies from the past and build upon them using up to date material from Flipboard and also from the book above.

Synthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities

How perspectives vary on the severity of different risks and priorities for action

6.3a - The success of international civil society organizations in attempting to raise awareness about, and find solutions for, environmental and social risks associated with global interactions

Detailed examples of one environmental and one social civil society organization action

We have come across many examples during the course that you could use. This might be a good chance to go back and revisit some case studies - however remember to focus on:

What is the global risk and what does it look like locally.
What is the name of the Civil Society and why is it considered international.
How do the civil society raise awareness of the issue - Amongst local people / schools/ wider community
How do they go about finding solutions - What makes their solutions work. How have they gone about involving the communities they work with to find solutions? What are the possible futures?
What links do they have to the SDG's, to Resource Stewardship and to Climate Change

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Environmental Civil Society Organisation

Examples - Mangrove Action Project (recommended), Greenpeace, WWF,

Link: Mangrove Action Project

Also .350 org (from book above) - global civil society against climate change.

Social Civil Society Organisation

Examples: Action Aid (Recommended), Oxfam, Red Cross etc etc.

Link: https://actionaid.org/who-we-are

ActionAid UKActionAid is a leading international charity. We support women and girls in extreme poverty. We fight for their rights and for lasting change.

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Focus on the range of social issues they are involved with.
How much is about raising awareness - what is done (see example of tax dodgers)
How much is about looking for solutions - give examples.

6.3 b - Strategies to build resilience:

re-shoring of economic activity by TNCs
use of crowd-sourcing technologies to build resilience by government and civil society
new technologies for the management of global flows of data and people, including cybersecurity and e-passports

Managing New and emerging risks 2021