Category: Risks

During 2023 and 2024, the world experienced a series of major earthquakes, significantly impacting communities across various continents. With seismic events eliciting profound damages and human tragedies, these occurrences underscore an urgent need to reassess and enhance global Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies. Earthquakes are often interlinked with other hazard types — ranging from hydro-meteorological […]

On September 24, 2025, significant frost events were reported in various central and southern regions of Argentina, with temperatures plunging to as low as -4 °C. These extreme weather conditions pose critical risks to agriculture, infrastructure, and public health, necessitating immediate action from national and international disaster management authorities. Such climatic extremes underline the importance […]

This report presents the details surrounding the 4.6 magnitude earthquake that struck Russia on 24 September 2025. Precise monitoring and evaluation efforts by national and international agencies underscore the importance of effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies in minimizing impacts, especially in densely populated areas. Urgent responses are necessary to ensure the safety of the […]

On September 24, 2025, a significant earthquake measuring M6.3 was recorded 62 km northwest of Valera, Venezuela. The event occurred shortly before 18:22 UTC and was confirmed by seismic data, triggering immediate alerts from local disaster management authorities. Given the earthquake’s magnitude and proximity to populated areas, heightened vigilance and effective response mechanisms are critical […]

The recent earthquake recorded at a magnitude of 4.5, located approximately 37 kilometers southeast of Funchal, Portugal, highlights the importance of effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies. As seismic activity continues to pose threats to populated areas, national and international agencies must prioritize early warning systems and anticipatory actions to minimize the impact on communities. […]

On 24 September 2025, a possible earthquake was reported in Morocco, felt approximately 26 seconds prior to dissemination. This situation emphasizes the importance of rapid dissemination of information for effective disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies. National and international agencies must be vigilant and enhance their coordination in response to seismic events to protect vulnerable populations. […]

Executive Summary Heightened interconnectedness across financial, climate, and geopolitical systems has amplified latent liquidity risks, necessitating a paradigm shift for regulated entities and public authorities from static, compliance-driven liquidity management to dynamic, forward-looking stress testing and integrated risk governance. This analysis demonstrates, through a multi-scenario, nexus-of-risks framework, that traditional buffers may prove insufficient against compound […]

Executive Summary Escalating global debt, now persistently above 330% of world GDP, creates profound credit risk vulnerabilities that are amplified by an increasingly interconnected nexus of macroeconomic, climate, geopolitical, and operational shocks, demanding a paradigm shift in risk management toward integrated, forward-looking resilience frameworks. This analysis finds that under a severe but plausible stress scenario, […]

Executive Summary Persistent and volatile inflation has evolved from a cyclical macroeconomic concern into a systemic risk catalyst, amplified through a nexus of geopolitical, climate, and cyber threats, which necessitates a strategic pivot by public and private financial institutions from conventional hedging towards integrated disaster risk reduction (DRR), financing (DRF), and insurance (DRI) frameworks to […]

Executive Summary The accelerated normalization of global monetary policy, while essential for containing inflationary pressures, has fundamentally repriced risk across the financial system, exposing significant vulnerabilities in institutional balance sheets and demanding a more sophisticated approach to asset-liability management. This analysis demonstrates, through a nexus-of-risks framework and state-of-the-art quantitative methods, that the transmission of higher […]