Resilience First and Marsh have teamed up to deliver a joint Enduring Covenant tabletop exercise, which will be held in London on 28 September 2023, 9pm to 1:30pm.

This is a new event format created for Resilience First's members to encourage cross-sector learning, sharing, and collaboration.

How can businesses create a climate strategy that addresses both mitigation and adaptation, and considers both the risks and opportunities therein,  relevant to their operations and activities? This roundtable will convene leading businesses to explore the case for climate adaption and resilience; adapting corporate strategy to climate risk and impacts and the key steps to embed resilience into operations, activities, and outcomes. 

As the much awaited Martyn’s Law progresses to draft legislation and scrutiny in the Houses of Parliament, Resilience First in partnership with Pool Re, invites our members to an important webinar to consider what businesses can do now to be prepared for when the bill passes and becomes law, which is expected to be by Spring 2024. During the webinar, we look forward to hearing from an expert panel and the practical steps that businesses should consider and begin implementing now to enable a smooth transition towards the legislation and ensure compliance.

Resilience First has partnered with our member Mumbai First for the Global Coastal Cities Summit (GCCS), where we are delighted to host a session on enhancing the resilience of ports and coastal communities. The GCCS aims to address the pressing issues of future-proofing coastal cities, sustainable methods of controlling and combating flooding, as well as the cross-financing of efforts for both adaptation and mitigation.

Resilience First, in collaboration with PA Consulting, are delighted to invite our members to a webinar to launch our latest report: a blueprint for whole of society resilience. During the session, our expert panellists will share their perspectives on the recently published UK Government Resilience Framework (UKGRF), which sets out plans to strengthen resilience to 2030.

Resilience First is delighted to convene a breakfast discussion on the latest report (London Prepared: A City-Wide Endeavour) commissioned by London’s Mayor on the capital’s ability to meet and respond to terrorist attacks with the report author, Lord Toby Harris, Chair of the National Preparedness Commission.

Resilience First is working with our global business members and city network partners with the support of the German Government and the Resilience Shift to produce a series of Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP) reports that will distill the findings of the latest international climate science in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (AR6) for urban context.