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Rethinking Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) in the era of emergent crises: Meanings, impacts and alternatives 
Convenors:
Nimesh Dhungana (University of Manchester)
Gareth Clay (University of Manchester)
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Discussants:
Mark Usher (University of Manchester)
Anustha Shrestha (Institute for Social and Environmental Transition-Nepal (ISET-Nepal))
Format:
Panel
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Palmer G.05
Sessions:
Thursday 29 June, -
Time zone: Europe/London

Short Abstract:

The session aims to explore the complex and uncertain relationship between Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and climate-induced emergencies. We invite theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented papers that examine the meanings, models and impacts of CNI in the context of emergent crises.

Long Abstract:

The session seeks to explore the complex and uncertain relationship between Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) and climate-induced emergencies. Ranging from transport networks, electricity grids and telecommunications to water and health systems, CNIs are expected to help protect, sustain and promote human well-being worldwide. However, in recent times, CNI's ability to withstand the cascading impacts of climate emergencies has become questionable. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, for instance, has warned that even localised climate-induced hazards such as extreme heat, wildfires, flooding and landslides can have wide-reaching impacts on vital infrastructural operations (IPCC, 2022). Additionally, the push for infrastructural-driven development in some of the climate-sensitive regions of the world (e.g., the Himalayan region) has renewed public and scholarly concerns about their adverse socio-environmental consequences.

The session invites theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented papers that examine the meanings and impacts of, and alternatives to CNI in the context of emergent crises. We invite papers that critically engage with the notions of infrastructural risk and resilience across vulnerable urban, peri-urban and rural conditions. Papers that explore how communities enduring uncertain and unequal circumstances have responded to the rising threat of infrastructural insufficiencies and breakdowns are particularly welcome. We invite interdisciplinary contributions that use the lens of participation, intersectionality and justice as they pertain to climate-sensitive infrastructure. While the focus of the panel is on CNI in the Anthropocene, we are open to contributions that look at the meaning of and relationship between CNI and human well-being in conflict and war settings.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Thursday 29 June, 2023, -
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