Over the next decade, the multilateral system and its member states will encounter a range of complex, unpredictable and cross-cutting global risks.  Challenges like international terrorism and transnational organized crime, energy insecurity and water scarcity, arms proliferation and infectious disease – the shadow sides of globalisation – represent a new kind of threat to both international security and the prospects for global development. While recent years have seen plenty of innovation in mechanisms to deal with conflicts, disasters and their aftermath, there has been much less progress in developing comprehensive mechanisms for risk reduction. 

CIC’s new project, Reducing Global Risks, is designed to provide insight into the policy frameworks and institutional changes required for global risk reduction and crisis prevention.  This project will strive to develop more detailed, comprehensive, and integrated international approaches to managing trans-boundary risks, as well as tools on the national level.

Project Staff: Alex Evans

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