b'22 Member News November 2022Solving societal challengesHow can we engineer a more resilient worldWhat is the IETstake on resilience? followingOur Resilience Working Group have provided recommendations Covid-19? aimed at commending additional measures and priorities and championing the vital role engineers and engineering will play in delivering them: To government, industry and local communitiesembedding a whole system approach to resilience and resilience planning will bring into view critical interdependencies between sectors, standards, and systems. We will champion the role which a whole system approach can play to further We live in a world where the probability of globalTogether, withstrengthen resilience planning.disruptions, whether environmental, economicconsideration of theTo government and the or pandemic, has increased. Our new report,personal and professionalresearch communityEngineering a More Resilient World, explorescompetencies, engineerssetting ambitious targets for how we can reinforce national resilience. will need to harness anresearch to assist resilience increasingly complexand resilience planning will Covid-19 tested the resilienceinfrastructures andarray of interrelatedcomplement and strengthen of the global community.capabilities with risksystems, with extensiveinvestment across the UK. We In many countries, long- assessment and responseinterdependencies. welcome opportunities to support standing protocols andand recovery measuresfuture research and disseminate procedures, created toin place. But how exactlyoutcomes to the engineering mitigate the interruptioncan we adapt our currentResilience is a hugecommunity through our multiple or loss of services, provedresilience arrangementscommunication channels.insufficient or ineffective asto better prepare us forand complex topic we the impacts brought by thefuture emergencies andcannot possibly coverTo the education and pandemic created new anddisruptions? Whats more,engineering communities extraordinary challenges.in just a few pages. making resilience an how frequently should theyHowever, we hope thisintegral part of the training Many governments arebe tried and tested?thought piece will helpengineers receive, including reviewing their nationalRobin MacLaren, Chair ofa wider understanding of infrastructure security, crisisthe IET Resilience Workingto stimulate debatethe interconnectivity and management and resilienceGroup, said: This IET thoughtaround the role whichinterdependencies between arrangements. Thesepiece, written with engineers,engineers can play insectors, standards and are urgent, substantialIET members, supporterssystems, is vital. We will hurdles to overcome, andand policymakers in mind,engineering a moreundertake further work and engineers will be vital toprovides an overviewresilient world for ourdiscussions to pursue this securing the solutions andof resilience. It includesincreasingly complexrecommendation and work with mitigations which will beperspectives of the systemsothers who share our ambition.needed in the future.and technology and infrastructures neededdependent society.Resilience is usuallyto safeguard and maintain delivered through athe essential services weRead the report at: multiplicity of systems, all take for granted. theiet.org/engineering-resilience'