Chatham House News

LONDON – Environmental scientist Laura Garcia Velez cut her teeth on projects to help Ethiopian farmers insure crops for drought and connect remote Colombian communities to the electricity grid before working for conservation campaigners WWF. Now she’s an analyst for …

The global economy could withstand widespread disruption from a natural disaster or attack by militants for only a week, as governments and businesses are not sufficiently prepared to deal with unexpected events, a report by a respected think-tank said. Events …