Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 85 (3rd December 2021)
The UK must be better at anticipating, preparing for and responding to a range of challenging risk scenarios, including those which it has never experienced before. The report emphasises that the Government’s current strategy of centralised and opaque risk assessment and risk management, which fails to make adequate preparations, has left the UK vulnerable.
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Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
In the lead up to COP26, the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) outlined sustainable finance policy recommendations to UK policymakers in this paper, on how to effectively mobilise capital to achieve the UK’s net zero targets and tackle other pressing environmental and social challenges.
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COP26 blog series Text
Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
This blog series looks at the role of insurance in ensuring positive change — including helping to ensure a smooth energy transition, underpinning finance for green infrastructure, and mitigating the costs of the increased climate-related risks we are still set to see.
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Friday Reading Edition 76 (24th September 2021)
Zurich’s new report, Closing the gap on climate action, explores the actions that both business leaders and policymakers should be taking to help achieve a net-zero economy.
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Friday Reading Edition 74 (11th September 2021)
Two decades on, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) reflects on the profound impact the 9/11 attacks had on security and global strategy, in this series of commentaries, reflections, and event recordings.
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Friday Reading Edition 73 (3rd September 2021)
This report sets out what lessons we can learn from the UK's success in decarbonising the power sector to guide how we rapidly reduce emissions in the power sectors across the globe.
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
Taliban victories have been aided by dismal political leadership in Kabul, but showing Afghans – and the world – they can run a country will not be so easy.
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Safer Oceans Audio
Friday Reading Edition 68 (30th July 2021)
With net zero targets looming, how can we deliver innovative and long lasting solutions to decarbonise the maritime industry? In this episode of The Global Safety Podcast, Tom Heap and his panel of experts explore what we need to do to make our oceans safer, cleaner and more sustainable.
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Friday Reading Edition 67 (16th July 2021)
[For Airmic members only] If you missed it – hear International SOS’s security and medical experts as they review the current and emerging trends, and provide key recommendations for organisations. Key topics discussed include ecopolitical turbulence exacerbating tensions, civil unrest and crime, COVID myopia and future risk blind spots.
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Friday Reading Edition 64 (25th June 2021)
From the start, the CER, a think tank, foresaw a Canada-style free trade agreement rather than a closer economic relationship, and were always optimistic that deals would be done, on both the Withdrawal Agreement and the subsequent Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA). What was perhaps under-estimated is how speedily the UK-EU relationship would turn sour.
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