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In an era defined by climate volatility, water scarcity, shifting demographics, and interconnected global shocks, risk cultures—the shared values, beliefs, and behaviors that shape how we perceive and act on risk—are under intense scrutiny. The way we think about and approach risk is no longer a fixed discipline: it is being challenged, reframed, and reimagined in real time, as many traditional approaches no longer hold in the face of accelerating change.

This webinar brings together four distinguished thinkers and practitioners—Professor Vaughn Tan, and Lina Srivastava, Professor Ariella Helfgott, Professor Seth Westra,—each of whom brings a distinct lens to the relationship between risk, uncertainty, and decision-making. From foresight and scenario planning, to climate risk science, to organisational adaptability and innovation, to cultural and community transformation, each panellist will reframe, critique, or reinforce different ways of understanding and working with risk in contexts of deep uncertainty and complexity.

Through short, provocative presentations followed by a dynamic panel discussion, this webinar offers fresh perspectives on one of the most urgent and rapidly developing conversations in water, governance, and societal resilience today.