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#nonaturaldisasters

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Ilan Kelman

Two new blogs:
1. " that never happened: 6 preventive actions" preventionweb.net/drr-communit
2. "Mental Health for "
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/di
 
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www.preventionweb.net · Disasters that never happened: Six preventive actionsWhat if the next big flood, wildfire, or heatwave didn't make headlines? Not because it didn't happen, but because communities, governments and local authorities were so well-prepared that a disaster was avoided?
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Ilan Kelman

A special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science has just been published on "The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday" link.springer.com/journal/1375 with the video from Tuesday's launch event at ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduct
 
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SpringerLinkInternational Journal of Disaster Risk Science | Volume 16, issue 1Volume 16, issue 1 articles listing for International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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Ilan Kelman

Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?
18 March 2025, 1830-2100.
At University College London, UK, in-person only, recorded for YouTube.
Programme and registration ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduct
 
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UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction · Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?Join us to mark the Sendai Framework's 10th anniversary and the 6th anniversary of the UCL Centre for Gender and Disaster, exploring disaster risk reduction through a gender lens.
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Ilan Kelman

Study for a disaster Master's degree at University College London, UK.
See ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduct for applications and funding for:
-MSc Risk, Disaster and Resilience.
-MSc Risk and Disaster Science.
-MRes Risk and Disaster Reduction.
Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August.
 
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UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction · Master's ProgrammesRisk and disaster reduction, particularly within the contexts of dealing with uncertainty and increasing resilience, are high on local, national and international agendas.
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Ilan Kelman

New book:
 
Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction (2nd edition)
practicalactionpublishing.com/

Hard copy now available to pre-order. Open Access download available on 28 February 2025.
"This new edition describes the complex relationship between disasters and development, as a prime medium both of vulnerability and its reduction."

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practicalactionpublishing.comDevelopment and Disasters
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Ilan Kelman

+ COP
 
1. "EM-DAT and quantitative analysis"
radixonline.org/blog/lzfv0qt5t
-Updating and supplementing "When disaster strikes" - Are disasters increasing?
engelsbergideas.com/essays/whe
 
2. "Last Chance Climate Change COP (Again)"
policypostings.medium.com/last
-After all, "Do we really need more climate change COPs?"
medium.com/@climighealth/do-we

RADIX: Radical Interpretations of DisastersEM-DAT and quantitative analysis — RADIX: Radical Interpretations of DisastersEM-DAT , the international disaster database, is perhaps the most comprehensive one available. It is helpful, needed, and welcome, with gratitude and kudos those who set it up, maintain it, and support it. They even removed the category "natural disaster" to keep it consistent with disaste
#DesInventar#DRR#Climate
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Ilan Kelman

Words into Action guidelines: The Science–Policy–Society ecosystem for disaster risk reduction
"This version is for public review until 6 November 2024 and has the purpose to ensure aspects that are important to consider have not been overlooked."
Download the document and provide feedback at undrr.org/publication/words-ac

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www.undrr.org · Words into Action guidelines: The Science–Policy–Society ecosystem for disaster risk reductionHighlighting the crucial role of science in informing policy decisions, these guidelines aim to assist those aiming to incorporate science into policy processes effectively facilitating risk-informed decision-making that addresses disaster risk.
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Ilan Kelman

"Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/produc has just been published in "Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-6868

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global.oup.comDisaster by ChoiceAn earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions.
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