ASRA Network members explore who needs to act on systemic risk & how in The Rethink series. Here are 2 must-reads: Awakening the nature-centric mindset by @tom-oliver.bsky.social: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret... Inequality – History's Great Villain by SoDy: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

The Times’ Science Writer @whippletom.bsky.social tried out the method underpinning our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. For one day, he slid along the riverbank in collaboration with Grass Snake to understand systemic risk from their perspective. Read the piece:

I slid inside mind of a grass snake by spending a day on my tummy

A project on the River Tone aims to improve our understanding of the risks that animals face by getting volunteers to act like them

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Everywhere, organizations are confronting dissolution & restructuring. At ASRA we have been afforded time to transition deliberately and thoughtfully – and share our experience along the way. In a new blog, our Exec Director explores regeneration and lifecycles.

Inside the Chrysalis #3: On Lifecycles and Regeneration

ASRA's ED reflects on organizational transition as regeneration, sharing progress on systemic risk work and legacy planning.

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July's Radically Rethinking Risk lands tomorrow, exploring: * Planning for ASRA’s legacy * A new method for collecting animal testimony to use as evidence for systemic risk assessment * Steering AI away from systemic risk * Reflections from our member convening Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7...

A wonderful cartoon from First Dog on the Moon in The Guardian yesterday captures the essence of our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Learn more about the project in our webinar: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @beingphilt.bsky.social

Our new partnership with @UNDP.org Crisis Bureau will bring systemic risk tools and training directly to UNDP teams working in fragile contexts around the world. Devdiscourse writes about the partnership and what it could mean for global crisis preparedness.

UNDP and ASRA Partner to Strengthen Global Crisis Preparedness

Read more about UNDP and ASRA Partner to Strengthen Global Crisis Preparedness on Devdiscourse.

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Last month, we brought ASRA network members together in Marrakesh for our 3rd annual meeting. It reaffirmed the power of networks and of creating spaces for people to meet. Read our reflections on the meeting, touching on the evolution of systemic risk as a vocation. asranetwork.org/reflections-...

ASRA Network members wrote 'The Rethink' series on who needs to act on systemic risk & how. Here are 2 must-reads: Democracies increase resilience, but are (somewhat) in decline www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret... Letting go of certainty to tackle global crises: www.asranetwork.org/news/the-ret...

Covered by the BBC, Guardian, Times – our nature-centric risk pilot has become a UK-wide conversation. Join our webinar to hear what we learnt from the ‘Risks Beyond Human Eyes’ project and pose your own questions. September 24 🗓️ 14:00 BST ⏰ Online 🛜 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

AI risks chip away at our resilience, increasing vulnerability to large-scale harm. The Future of Life Institute is taking action to respond to systemic risk now, before collapse. Gain insights from their case study to apply to your own work: www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/t....

What do risks feel like as an otter or as a kestrel? Great BBC coverage of the Risks Beyond Human Eyes project about participants’ experiences of living as a nonhuman inhabitant of the River Tone. Listen back: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @beingphilt.bsky.social @adjuvant.bsky.social

Somerset volunteers go wild for animal research project

A group of researchers take on a new approach to protecting animals - by attempting to live like them.

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Great to see our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project covered by @yeomans.bsky.social for The Times. The project assessed how the risks facing River Tone, in the UK, can be understood through the eyes of the river's nonhuman inhabitants. Led by @beingphilt.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Wildlife researchers pretending to be otters and worms

As they swam, slithered and ran near the River Tone, the participants were encouraged to experience how the animals sense the world around them

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Today, we launch a partnership with @undp.org to help countries better understand & respond to interconnected global risks. The partnership will equip UNDP HQ & Country Offices with the tools & training to navigate systemic risks and develop effective responses. www.asranetwork.org/news/undp-an...

How can communities navigate the polycrisis? In South Africa, a grassroots movement developed the Climate Justice Charter to call for a deep just transition. The Charter presents climate action as critical to tackling other systemic crises facing the country. www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/s...

Listen back to ASRA's @beingphilt.bsky.social and nature writer @anitaroy1000.bsky.social on Times Early Breakfast Radio with James Kitchin, discussing our Risks Beyond Human Eyes, an innovative pilot project that concluded at the end of May. Interview at 47:50 – www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

James Kitchin with Early Breakfast | Times Radio | The Times and the Sunday Times

Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.

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Brilliant piece by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social on our Risks Beyond Human Eyes project in the Guardian. The project invited community members to assess how the risks facing the UK's River Tone can be understood through the eyes of the river's nonhuman inhabitants. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Emotional and horrific’: volunteers ‘live’ as Somerset animals to study wildlife risks

People trained to experience world as otters, salmon and other River Tone creatures for pioneering research

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Hear it from Christiana Figueres: holding systemic risk and systemic opportunity together can give us the energy to move forward. 1 year ago, Christiana Figueres, @outrageoptimism.bsky.social, spoke at our symposium about taking a systems approach to climate risk. youtu.be/B-246r-noxo?...

If you’re curious about working with non-human perspectives in risk analysis, join our webinar to hear learnings from our project: Risk Beyond Human Eyes. September 24 🗓️ 14:00 BST ⏰ Online 🛜 Register: unfoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @beingphilt.bsky.social @adjuvant.bsky.social

In Andhra Pradesh, India, around 1.8million farmers are putting systems transformation into practice. 🇮🇳 Hit by multiple crises, from soil degradation to water stress, the APCNF program is supporting the entire region's transition to natural farming. Learn more: www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/c...

How can we collaborate with nonhumans to better assess systemic risks facing rivers? 🦦🦌 We’re exploring this question in our latest research project: Risks Beyond Human Eyes. Read the first blog in a new series exploring different elements of the project. www.asranetwork.org/news/learnin...

What does a nature-centric response to risk look like? The Biomimicry Institute shows how nature-inspired solutions can help address systemic risks, from climate change to biodiversity loss. www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/t... #WorldEnvironmentDay

There’s still time to read our paper “The urgency of building systemic risk capacity in a polycrisis world” before open access ends on 6 June. The paper argues for a major reconfiguration across sectors to build systemic risk capacity to address the polycrisis. authors.elsevier.com/a/1myLn9C%7E...

Today’s polycrisis results from a failure to mitigate systemic risk. Could a new set of principles help us better navigate this moment? Find out in the May edition of our newsletter ‘Radically Rethinking Risk’, out tomorrow. Sign up: mailchi.mp/4e32e64a25e7...

The world must decarbonize energy to tackle the climate crisis. But the energy transition comes with its own challenges, being deeply entangled with social and political systems. Watch from 14:35 to hear the systems map explained: youtu.be/tra78c8rCp4?... Thanks @e-axesforum.bsky.social.

Nature is often reduced to a metric or static point in a database. But what if it could be more than that? Explore ways to expand perception of systemic risk beyond human eyes: www.asranetwork.org/news/let-the... #BiodiversityDay

Let the Mushrooms Run the Risk Department! Challenging…

The frameworks we use to assess and respond to risk remain strikingly narrow. We begin and end with one species: humans. Phil Tovey argues for a…

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Principles can help societies and organizations navigate the polycrisis and ensure a safe future. Our new paper in Global Sustainability, @universitypress.cambridge.org, proposes 10 principles for systemic risk governance. 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It’s impossible to properly understand or address the systemic risks of our time without listening to, or learning from, nature. It was a pleasure to attend the brilliant MOTH Festival of Ideas to explore ways to understand and protect animals, forests, and oceans. 🐳 🦅🌳 #morethanhuman

New research points to a blind spot in the UK’s risk architecture that prevents it from preparing for AMOC collapse. Article by @thierryaaron.bsky.social & Ajay Gambir for National Preparedness Commission: nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications...

Two Nordic nations have made preparing for future risks part of people’s everyday life. It’s an act of honest hope and clear-eyed realism. In Sweden and Finland, everyone has a role in building societal resilience and preparedness. Find out more: www.asranetwork.org/srr-series/n...

The MOTH Festival of Ideas kicks off this week on the rights of nature. Looking forward to conversations on how we de-centre the human & recognise nonhumans as actors with agency. If you’re going, say hi to ASRA’s @adjuvant.bsky.social & @heathernicholson.bsky.social

Overview — MOTH Festival of Ideas

Join the 2026 MOTH Festival of Ideas in London to explore the rights of the more-than-human world through interdisciplinary talks, panels, and public events from May 14-16, 2026.

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