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Ilan Kelman
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Disasters, health, islands, prevention, everyday risks, risk reduction, risk management, disaster diplomacy, Arctic/Antarctic/polar, migration, climate change, inclusion, sustainability.
Focus: science, research, action.
Acronyms: DRR, DRM, CCA, SDGs.
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Open access chapter:
Working #Equids in #Disasters
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals
Working Equids in Disasters: Local Concerns and Inspirations
Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys is an international animal welfare charity dedicated to improving the lives of working equids, including during and after disasters. Now, Brooke seeks to p...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Warning Research Centre newsletter
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#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #Warnings #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #EW4All #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)
October 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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"Operational #Ethics for Researching #Geohazards" doi.org/10.1007/978-...

#Geoethics #ResearchEthics #EthicalResearch #ScienceEthics #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters).
Operational Ethics for Researching Geohazards
Researching and publishing on geohazards can be hazardous to researchers and to others, leading to operational ethics concerns about balancing the need for geohazards research and the need for everyon...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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"The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on #Health and #ClimateChange" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@lancetcountdown.bsky.social @thelancet.com
#ClimateHealth #HealthClimate #OneHealth #EcoHealth #PlanetaryHealth #GlobalHealth #Health #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate
The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change
Driven by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is increasingly claiming lives and harming people's health worldwide. Mean annual temperatures exceeded 1·5°C above those of pre-industr...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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"Planetary Dysregulation and Our Mental Health" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa...

@thecentriclab.com @psychologytoday.com
#MentalHealthAwareness #PlanetaryHealth #GlobalHealth #Health #OneHealth #EcoHealth #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #MentalHealth
Planetary Dysregulation and Our Mental Health
An out-of-balance planet leads to adverse mental health outcomes; we can act to avoid both.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New #PhotoEssay:
"Floodscapes for Inland Waterscapes: #Floods do not need to mean #disasters"
doi.org/10.21463/shi...

#PhotoEssays #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #Flood #FloodRisk #FloodManagement #DisastersAvoided #ArtScience
Floodscapes for Inland Waterscapes: Floods do not need to mean disasters — Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057)
Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057) is a double blind, peer-refereed open-access journal published by Shima Publishing (Australia). Shima is SCOPUS indexed has been registered with the Directory of Open Access Jo...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Empowering Education:
A UK hazards conference focusing on secondary school students and their teachers.
www.kcmconferences.co.uk/events/categ...
@davepetley.bsky.social @proffionatweed.bsky.social

#geography #geogteacher #geogteachers #teamgeog #geographyteacher #geographyteachers #DRR
KCM Events and Conferences
www.kcmconferences.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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"Crisis and Risk #Psychology in #Norway" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa...
@psychologytoday.com 

#Norge #DRR #CrisisPreparedness #SystemicRisk #LocalGovernance #Governance #DisasterRisk #RiskGovernance #DisasterRiskGovernance #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskPsychology #CrisisPsychology
Crisis and Risk Psychology in Norway
Our new paper examines the psychology of municipal leadership in Norway for avoiding crises and risks from becoming disasters.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Ilan Kelman
nonaturaldisasters.bsky.social
Imagine this world: after a storm, headlines say “Unsafe housing left thousands exposed” not “Natural Disaster.”

Response fixes inequalities, funding builds resilience, and leaders face questions.

Disasters are human-made.

More here - www.linkedin.com/posts/kevinb...

#NoNaturalDisasters
White background with bold black text at the top reading “Imagine a world where #NoNaturalDisasters isn’t needed.” Below is a large red speech bubble with the words “DISASTERS ARE NOT NATURAL” in black and white text. At the bottom is the hashtag “#NoNaturalDisasters” in black with “No” highlighted in red.
October 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Disasters Avoided Newsletter 10:
#disasters and the #climate
mailchi.mp/9ac4eaca5c4c...

#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
The Disasters Avoided Newsletter - Edition 10 (September 2025)
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October 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New free-to-download paper:
"Crisis Preparedness and Systemic Risk: The Role of Municipal Leaders in #DisasterRiskGovernance in Norway"
doi.org/10.1111/sjop...

#Norway #Norge #DRR #CrisisPreparedness #SystemicRisk #LocalGovernance #Governance #DisasterRisk #RiskGovernance #DisasterRiskReduction
September 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New paper:
" #PublicHealth #disinformation, #conflict, and #disease outbreaks "
doi.org/10.1080/1654...

#OpenAccess #HealthDiplomacy #GlobalHealthDiplomacy #Health #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth #HealthDisinformation #HealthMisinformation #HealthConflict #ConflictHealth
Public health disinformation, conflict, and disease outbreaks: a global narrative integrative review to guide new directions for health diplomacy
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the unpreparedness of global and public health systems to respond to large-scale health crises, while simultaneously revealing the entangled nature of disinformation...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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New research project: "Scoring #Warnings"
www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
@uclwrc.bsky.social

#ArtScience #ScienceArt #EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #EW4All #WarningsForAll #WarningForAll #Warning4All #Warnings4All
RCA-led research project awarded grant to investigate emergency signals
RCA-led research project awarded grant to investigate emergency signals
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September 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Measuring #EcoAnxiety, or Not"
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa...
@psychologytoday.com

#ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Anthropocene #EcoGrief #EcoStress #ClimateStress
Measuring Eco-anxiety, or Not
Efforts are being put into developing and applying scales and indices for eco-anxiety.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New paper:
"Exploring the associations of weather and climate with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review."
doi.org/10.1136/bmjp...
Led by Matylda Buczkowska.

#weather #climate #HIV #AIDS #HIVAIDS #ClimateChange #SubSaharanAfrica #GlobalHealth #Health #PlanetaryHealth #Africa
Exploring the associations of weather and climate with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Background Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has previously hypothesised that in sub-Saharan Africa, extreme weather/climate and HIV might be associated. A systematic review was conducted to ...
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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New book:
" #SmallStates and #InternationalLaw "
brill.com/edcollbook/t...
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
Small States and International Law
"Small States and International Law" published on 28 Aug 2025 by Brill | Nijhoff.
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September 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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"Tsunamis & atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful"
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...

#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #IslandStudies
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@undrr.bsky.social
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Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful
The usual tsunami advice to move inland and to move to high ground might not be possible for many atolls. Generic, international, trans-oceanic warnings need to become locally meaningful. What advice ...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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"Is the Climate a Crisis?"
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"Pinpointing exactly the concern: a greed crisis. Especially with the tendency of greed by the few who are privileged."
@uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social

#Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Is the Climate a Crisis?
Written by Prof Ilan Kelman, Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh, and Abi Deivanayagam
policypostings.medium.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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"Is the Climate a Crisis?"
policypostings.medium.com/is-the-clima...
"Pinpointing exactly the concern: a greed crisis. Especially with the tendency of greed by the few who are privileged."
@uclpublicpolicy.bsky.social

#Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Is the Climate a Crisis?
Written by Prof Ilan Kelman, Sorcha Ní Chobhthaigh, and Abi Deivanayagam
policypostings.medium.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
This meme should ask "What problems have oppression, marginalisation & discrimination caused during weather which otherwise could be dealt with?"
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #ClimateChange #ClimateDisasters #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
A meme asks "How much damage has extreme weather caused? 1993-2022 followed by graphs trying to attribute disaster losses to weather.
August 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Reposted by Ilan Kelman
uclrdr.bsky.social
🎓 Anastasia studied an MSc at UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) and sparked a passion for research that led her to pursue a PhD with us too.

UK applicants: Apply by 29 August to start your own journey here.

Find out more about our Master's programmes direc.to/nzJq

#PostgraduateStudy #DRR
Anastasia Chau smiles slightly against a green background, wearing glasses and a striped shirt. Quote: "This Master's really cemented my desire to do research..."
August 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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"Psychosocial Impacts of Belgium’s 2021 Floods"
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa...
 
#DisasterPsychology #DRR #FloodRiskReduction #FloodRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters #Flood #Floods #Flooding #Belgium #Vesdre #VesdreValley #Meuse #RiverMeuse #Liège #Liege #psychology
Psychosocial Impacts of Belgium’s 2021 Floods
A recent paper offers insights into psychosocial flood impacts, examining the medium-term effects of Belgium’s 2021 flood disaster.
www.psychologytoday.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Disasters Avoided Newsletter #9
Focus on #disaster #finance and #insurance
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#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters
The Disasters Avoided Newsletter - Edition 9 (July 2025)
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July 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Thank you & congratulations on an amazing magazine! Thank you also for the opportunity to contribute an article on 'Are #health impacts from #disasters growing?'

#GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #EcoHealth #DRR #disaster #DisasterRiskReduction #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateDisaster #DisasterClimate
uclpophealthsci.bsky.social uclpophealthsci.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social · Jul 30
🚨The 2025 edition of the UCL Population Health Sciences Magazine is now live!

Created by students and shaped in partnership with staff, alumni, and contributors across our community, this year’s publication explores one central theme: Growth.

🔗 Read now: www.ucl.ac.uk/population-h...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Thanks to @phoebeweston.bsky.social ‬for today's ‪@theguardian.com briefing www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... on lives saved in yesterday's #Pacific #tsunami.

@uclrdr.bsky.social @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social @uclwrc.bsky.social #EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems
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