Systemic Risk

Systems can be affected by critical events or shocks that occur outside or within the system. Systemic risk is associated with cascading impacts that spread within and across systems and sectors via the movements of people, goods, capital and information within and across boundaries. The spread of cascading impacts can lead to potentially existential consequences and system collapse across a range of time horizons.

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12 February 2019

Unprecedented risks, unprecedented foresight: A “responsibility to prepare” strategy for the United States in 2020

While the U.S. faces unprecedented security risks from climate change, it also has access to technologies that offer useful foresight. A new U.S. approach to national security should include three pillars: threat prevention, preparation and foresight.

Center for Climate and Security, the