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Gov Emergency Task Force today discussed response to the recent Storm Éowyn and the potential impact of long-term gas outages. A review (aim to be done by summer) will split into two sub-groups - one on critical infrastructure & second on community and humanitarian assistance.

Good to see: Government task force on emergency planning: "review will be split into two sub-groups - the first will focus on critical infrastructure with the other focusing on Community and Humanitarian Assistance." irishtimes.com/politics/2025/…

EU lawmakers have accused the US of "blackmailing" Zelenskyy into a ceasefire. politico.eu/article/europe…

The topic of peak-oil production is back in vogue after a prolonged hiatus — if remarks at CERAWeek are any guide, writes David Wethe trib.al/8T2S3BT

Monbiot is spot-on. The system most likely to drive a food systems collapse is the financial system (through trade intermediation). Compounding this is that it would also undermine critical infrastructure (power, fuel, water, sanitation, health...). theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Interesting job for those interested catastrophic global risk. What's the chance things fall apart before your contract ends?

EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and prepare to emerging threats. Good to see. Always a tension between articulating preparedness strategy, and the potential likelihood, scale, duration of emerging risk. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

korowiczhumansystems.com/writing/2025/3…

Would make a good head of an Irish National Resilience and Contingency Agency.

Interesting public exercise involving former senior UK politicians using a scenario of a Russian attack. Would love to see RTE do similar for a broad range of systemic risks news.sky.com/story/the-warg…

Russia doesn’t allow foreign journalists to enter the occupied territories of Ukraine. Three Ukrainians in different Moscow-controlled cities spoke to me secretly “to let the world know what we face”. We changed their names for safety. ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The roots of the Ukraine Conflict lie in Russia’s ‘Unfinished Empire’ In his new book ‘Unfinished Empire’, Prof Donnacha Ó Beacháin Donnacha Ó Beacháin argues that the world will continue to have “a Russia problem” until Vladimir Putin’s regime is defeated. Read: launch.dcu.ie/45AyEsH

There's a spectacular gap between the public + political parties assessment of priorities, and escalating global systemic risk. Real priority 1: a national resilience & preparedness strategy. P2: get moving asap. There is no country in EU as complacent as Ireland.

I’m looking forward to @ASRA Network’s Currents of Change symposium beginning this weekend, the first trans-disciplinary, global symposium dedicated to action on systemic risk. More here: asranetwork.org/news/currents-…

ITS Been a great to give a workshop/scenario/exercise at the #ASRA Currents of Change Symposium . Can't imagine another forum hosting such a topic+ bringing together such informed + relevant participants: Can We Prepare for Catastrophic Systemic Failure? An interactive exercise.

I'm reading Donnacha Ó Beacháin 's new book. A strong thumbs-up.