Publications

Nationally recognised standards to define the skills, knowledge and performance expected of those working in resilience and emergency roles. 

This report by the National Consortium for Societal Resilience explains the investments that individuals, communities, VCFSE organisations, local/central government, and businesses make in societal resilience. It describes how investing in societal resilience helps to lessen the impacts of a disruption.

The transport hazard summaries are concise fact sheets which explain the key natural hazards that pose a risk to transport and the impacts they can have across the road, rail, aviation and maritime sectors.

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the way organisations approach resilience, crisis management, and emergency planning. From predicting risks and analysing complex data to improving coordination during disruptions, AI has the potential to strengthen decision-making when it matters most.

Our latest insight paper explores how organisations can responsibly harness AI to improve resilience while maintaining trust, accountability, and human judgement at the centre of decision-making.

Many organisations believe they’ve “covered” climate risk because they have flood response plans. But climate risk in 2026 is systemic. The third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment highlights increasing exposure to extreme heat, surface water flooding,  infrastructure stress, coastal change and water scarcity. Yet business continuity plans often remain hazard-specific. Find out 5 things you need to consider in this article by our Resilience Capability Lead Bhavick Valand.

In our latest insight paper, we explore how modelling real consequences, resource limits, and time pressure turns an exercise from an awareness session into a genuine test of both plans and people – and sets out the formats available, from matrix games to megagames, and how to start using them.

This paper by Professor Rowena Hill tackles a conceptual muddle in the resilience sector: the terms ‘societal resilience’ and ‘community resilience’ are increasingly used interchangeably, even though they mean different things – and that confusion undermines coordinated delivery of the UK’s whole-of-society approach to risk.

Resilience is no longer something organisations bolt on after the fact. It’s becoming a core part of how boards think about strategy, investment and growth – and this October, the UK Resilience Academy will be part of the conversation shaping that shift.

Guidance on what local planners need to consider when developing flexible plans for evacuation and shelter.