Space weather events such as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) can have significant and adverse effects on socioeconomic, environmental, and political systems. Our technologically reliant society has made us- increasingly dependent on space-based infrastructure, rendering us especially vulnerable to these Sun-driven events. Specifically, there is scope for reducing the evident risk to economic stability and its social ramifications. The economic, disaster management and space sectors are in key positions to address these concerns. This paper presents key recommendations and solutions to reduce the solar weather threat, as a culmination of the research carried out by a team of 35 participants from 10 countries during the 2014 International Space University's Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program. The paper recommends the following solutions to mitigate our vulnerability to a CME-type event: 1 A regulated, technical approach to maintain terrestrial cellular telecommunications networks through backup systems. 2 An improvement in proactive solar weather prediction by equipping future communications satellites in geostationary orbit with detection sensors. Engage the insurance and finance industries to support pre-emptive action in order to minimize economic loss in the event of a disaster. Encourage a conference aimed at the production of broad national recommendations for space weather management preparedness by nation-states in coordination by The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER). 3 Provide a geomatics solution for integration of various data sources in order to provide rapidly actionable information to disaster management teams when required.
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