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More #PhotoEssays on avoiding #disasters:
1. doi.org/10.1080/0013...
2. doi.org/10.24564/000... (scroll down for the PDF).
3. doi.org/10.47818/DRA...
4. doi.org/10.1108/DPM-...

#Islanders #IslandStudies #resilience #vulnerability #resiliency #DRR #ScienceArt #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender
Visualizing Disaster Risk Reduction to Inspire Positive Action
Dealing with disasters is typically illustrated with photos of the aftermath of disasters, notably collapsed infrastructure and destitute, hurt, or grieving people. Those images present the reality...
doi.org

by Ilan Kelman

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...
doi.org
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

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
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
"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
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

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.
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by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
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)
mailchi.mp
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

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
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

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...
doi.org
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
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
www.rca.ac.uk
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by Ilan Kelman

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
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by Ilan Kelman

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
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by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
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.
brill.com
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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

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"Tsunamis & atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful"
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...

#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #IslandStudies
@preventionweb.bsky.social
@undrr.bsky.social
@uclrdr.bsky.social
@uclglobalhealth.bsky.social
@uclwrc.bsky.social
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 ...
www.preventionweb.net
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by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
"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
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by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
"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
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