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The author highlights the role of digital technologies in creating 'interconnection ecosystems' and facilitating self-organization through the 'crowd', while distinguishing between resilience as a general principle and resilience as a prescriptive program of control.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001121#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Resilience is framed as a universal response to shocks because insecurity is viewed as an unavoidable result of radical relationality, meaning it can no longer be excluded from society using risk technologies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001121#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The governance of security has shifted from an attempt to make future disruptions known via risk assessment to a focus on 'know-how-to-respond', with algorithmic analysis and patterns serving as the new epistemological authority for planning responses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001121#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In an interconnected world, security is redefined as an emergent process or activity rather than a state of being protected, and can only be established after a disruption has occurred.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001121#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Digital technologies transform emergency management by mediating the relationship between planners, recipients of help, and the 'crowd', while the internet is viewed as an 'interconnection ecosystem' that justifies resilience-based governance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001121#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author proposes a distinction between resilience as a 'principle', which allows for some restricted agency in how an insecure subject enacts security, and resilience as a 'program', which acts as a form of control over the conduct of disaster populations.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001121#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["governance","risk management"],"geography_discussed":["Germany"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["conceptual analysis","empirical investigation"]},{"id":"prio-001752","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/prio-001752","title":"ANALYTIC REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON SOCIETAL SECURITY","publisher":{"name":"Peace Research Institute Oslo","organization":"peace-research-institute-oslo"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2015-12-30","source_url":"https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/c608ac89-eb37-4d59-8564-d3e74fff0736/SOURCE deliverable 53 Analytic report on the impact of the financial crisis on societal security.pdf?inline=true","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report examines how the global financial crisis impacted European societal security through three dimensions: material financial security, the perceived social value of the financial sector, and broader societal resilience. 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While drones offer potential for improved aid delivery and crisis mapping, the paper emphasizes that technology is not neutral and cannot replace the empathy and ethical judgment essential to humanitarian work.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 'humanitarian drone' is conceptualized as a 'war dividend,' where technology developed for the 'war on terror' in Iraq and Afghanistan is repurposed for foreign aid and peacekeeping in disaster areas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The UAV industry actively promotes the 'humanitarian' branding of drones to expand markets and gain legitimacy among the general public and regulators, attempting to distance the technology from its association with warzones.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Hardware transfers occur across three main categories: surveillance UAVs (used by NATO, EU, and UN for peace support and search and rescue), cargo-carrying UAVs (intended for delivering medicines and aid to remote areas), and weaponized UAVs (deployed for the 'protection of civilians').","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The transfer of hardware also brings military practices, specifically the rhetoric of 'surgical precision' and 'targeting logic,' which the authors argue may lead to a technocratic 'un-seeing' of human suffering and a reliance on interpretive data over local knowledge.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The use of 'humanitarian combat drones' for the protection of civilians may paradoxically lower the threshold for the use of force by presenting drone strikes as a 'quick fix' or a 'measure short of full-scale war,' potentially undermining the principle of last resort.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"While drones are proposed as tools for 'global justice'—such as witnessing atrocities or eliminating aid corruption—the authors note a lack of attention to critical issues regarding data protection, privacy, and the ethics of witnessing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"prio-001808#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Japan","Philippines","Haiti","Afghanistan","Iraq","Libya","Bosnia and Herzegovina","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Central African Republic","Chad","Uganda","Syria","United States","United Kingdom"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["conceptual analysis","critical review","political economy analysis"]},{"id":"sei-000144","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sei-000144","title":"Adaptation without borders: how understanding indirect impacts could change countries' approach to climate risks","publisher":{"name":"Stockholm Environment Institute","organization":"stockholm-environment-institute"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2013-11-06","source_url":"https://www.sei.org/publications/adaptation-without-borders-how-understanding-indirect-impacts-could-change-countries-approach-to-climate-risks/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document introduces the concept of indirect climate change impacts—risks observed in one location but caused by climate events elsewhere—and argues that national adaptation planning must account for global interdependence. 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The brief references a text analysis of 25 countries' National Communications to the UNFCCC and a case study of the UK to examine how these impacts are addressed.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000144#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Indirect climate change impacts are defined as effects observed or expected in one location that are caused by climate change or extreme events in a different location, such as a drought in Brazil causing livestock feed prices to increase in Europe.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000144#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current adaptation efforts primarily focus on national and sub-national risks, but global interdependence means countries face risks originating outside their borders; wealthier nations may be especially exposed to these indirect impacts even if they perceive low direct vulnerability.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000144#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Climate risk assessment"],"geography_discussed":["Brazil","Europe","United Kingdom","Bangkok"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["conceptual analysis","text analysis","case study"]},{"id":"iisd-003219","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-003219","title":"Locating Accountability","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"research paper","language":"en","date_published":"2012-11","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/locating_accountability.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines the conceptual challenges of 'accountability' within global governance, arguing that the term is often conflated with legitimacy, transparency, and democratic accountability. It critiques the 'standard approach'—which focuses on vertical power lines and punitive sanctions—and proposes a shift toward 'accountability to mandate' and 'promise-keeping.' The author emphasizes that accountability should be analyzed through both substantive (meeting objectives) and procedural (how the organization works) lenses. The paper also explores the 'polycentric' nature of global governance, where overlapping accountability regimes can lead to 'multiple accountabilities disorder' (MAD) and a 'regulatory trilemma' between efficacy, responsiveness, and coherency.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 'standard approach' to global accountability relies on vertical power lines and a combination of visibility and punishment to limit abuses of power.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Accountability is frequently conflated with other distinct values, such as legitimacy, transparency, answerability, responsibility, decision-making, inclusion, and democracy, which obscures analytical clarity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author proposes a functional approach to accountability centered on 'promise-keeping' and 'accountability to mandate,' which applies to both horizontal and vertical relationships.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Transparency is a necessary foundation for accountability but is insufficient on its own; it requires access and engagement to be effective.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Global governance is increasingly characterized by 'polycentrism,' where multiple overlapping accountability regimes can create conflicting demands on an organization.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Organizations facing conflicting accountability expectations may suffer from 'multiple accountabilities disorder' (MAD), leading them to please no one while trying to please everyone.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A 'regulatory trilemma' exists in global governance where institutions must trade off between three desirable but conflicting values: efficacy, responsiveness, and coherency.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document distinguishes between substantive accountability (how close an IO comes to meeting its objectives) and procedural accountability (how the IO works and if its processes are transparent).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Democratic accountability is often wrongly used as a synonym for general accountability, whereas many international organizations are non-electoral and focused on expert-led mandates.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-9","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The author adopts Jerry Mashaw's framework, suggesting that any accountability regime must answer six key questions: who is accountable, to whom, for what, through what processes, by what standards, and with what effects.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-003219#insight-10","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["transparency","sustainable development","climate finance","environmental governance"],"geography_discussed":["Canada","United States","South Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["literature review","conceptual analysis"]},{"id":"iisd-003276","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-003276","title":"Measurement, Reporting and Verification","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2012-04","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mrv_bibliography.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document defines Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) as processes to provide and assess factual information to ensure parties meet their obligations. 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It argues that while the TRC succeeded in creating a public space for debate and uncovering hidden atrocities, it struggled with conceptual ambiguities regarding 'truth', 'justice', and 'reconciliation'. The author contends that the TRC's focus on individual perpetrators and restorative justice often overlooked the structural inequalities of the apartheid system. 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