📰 [National Focus – SWEDEN] Weather, wealth and well-being: Cascading effects of water-related hazards and social vulnerability in Halmstad, Sweden 📰

📅 Last October, SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute (Mathilda Englund, Karin André, Karina Barquet, Lisa Segnestam) published a discussion brief on the cascading effects of water-related hazards and social vulnerability in Halmstad (Sweden) - here attached and findable at https://lnkd.in/eCRYqezS.

💡 This valuable document provides us 3 key messages:

"1️⃣ Disruptions in critical infrastructure and related vital societal functions are most likely to hit the most vulnerable the hardest; however, their cascading effects can put other social groups at risk that are not initially considered vulnerable.
2️⃣ Local level assessments are needed, as social vulnerability depends on the spatial, temporal and situational context.
3️⃣ Municipalities can use assessments of critical infrastructure and related vital societal functions as a starting point to assess social vulnerability; the impact chain model can support this assessment."

🌍 CORE EU-funded Project works on cascading effects (Task leader: Hanken School of Economics - HUMLOG Institute) and aims to:

1️⃣ Map the causes of detrimental impacts on security of supply through these cascades​.
2️⃣ Establish the directions and the links between events, sectors, and supply chain disruptions​.
3️⃣ Produce a framework that assesses the risks of potential cascades of DRR decisions across sectors events, and supply chains.​
4️⃣ Raise awareness for the impact of supply chain disruptions on security of supply.
✅ In few months, a Comparative analysis and case briefs of preparedness and security of supply will be released.

🚀 Next December 6, Dr. Lijo John (Hanken School of Economics - HUMLOG Institute) will take the floor at the Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Conference 2022 in Brussels to talk about Cascading effects of supply disruptions on critical services (information and registration at https://lnkd.in/e_faF2cU).