#disasterrisk — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disasterrisk, aggregated by home.social.
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Disasters Avoided Newsletter 14: Good Governance
https://mailchi.mp/ff2948107282/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #Governance #GoodGovernance #BadGovernance
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For disaster psychology and mental health blogs, sign up at https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/ilan-kelman-phd
Latest: "Mental Health for Future Human Settlements" https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-by-choice/202603/mental-health-for-future-human-settlements
#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #DRR #DisasterPsychology #disasters #DisasterRisk #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek -
For disaster psychology and mental health blogs, sign up at https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/ilan-kelman-phd
Latest: "Mental Health for Future Human Settlements" https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-by-choice/202603/mental-health-for-future-human-settlements
#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #DRR #DisasterPsychology #disasters #DisasterRisk #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek -
"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-an-introduction
Edited with Jeevan Toor for The Arctic Institute. The introduction is available and the articles will appear over the next month.
#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
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"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-institutes-2026-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-response-series-an-introduction
Edited with Jeevan Toor for The Arctic Institute. The introduction is available and the articles will appear over the next month.
#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
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For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL -
For UCL's 200th birthday, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/events/2026/jun/16th-ucl-risk-disaster-reduction-annual-conference
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, UCL's east London campus at Stratford.
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #UrbanStudies #cities #UCL -
⚠ Can infrastructure survive the next disaster?
At ISECEE2026, explore solutions for:
🌍 Earthquake resilience
🌊 Flood risk management
⛰ Landslide mitigation📍 Berlin 🇩🇪
📅 Sept 14–15, 2026👉 Be part of the solution
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⚠ Can infrastructure survive the next disaster?
At ISECEE2026, explore solutions for:
🌍 Earthquake resilience
🌊 Flood risk management
⛰ Landslide mitigation📍 Berlin 🇩🇪
📅 Sept 14–15, 2026👉 Be part of the solution
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🌍 EM-DAT, the world's most trusted global disaster database, maintained by UCLouvain's CRED, is at risk of shutting down after losing USAID funding.
In an era of intensifying climate extremes, reliable data are not a luxury. They are the infrastructure for informed decision-making.
I wrote a short post explaining why EM-DAT matters and how you can help by signing the open letter 👇
https://statsandr.com/blog/em-dat-the-world-s-disaster-memory-is-at-risk/
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🌍 EM-DAT, the world's most trusted global disaster database, maintained by UCLouvain's CRED, is at risk of shutting down after losing USAID funding.
In an era of intensifying climate extremes, reliable data are not a luxury. They are the infrastructure for informed decision-making.
I wrote a short post explaining why EM-DAT matters and how you can help by signing the open letter 👇
https://statsandr.com/blog/em-dat-the-world-s-disaster-memory-is-at-risk/
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Advancing Flood Detection And Mapping - A Review Of Earth Observation Services, 3D Data Integration, And AI-Based Techniques
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17172943 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/qIaw0IgtkfM?si=PzNCFQ6dqmvlpQ-D <-- shared @nasa #ARSET #tutorial / overview video (1 of 2)
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https://youtu.be/oMPSToY2xDs?si=WjypQknw3_N-A8qJ <-- shared @nasa #ARSET #tutorial / overview video (2 of 2)
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#review #EarthObservation #FloodMapping #RemoteSensing #AI #Geospatial #DisasterRisk #ClimateChange #flood #flooding #satellite #model #modeling #depth #volume #risk #hazard #evaluation #GIS #spatial #mapping #detection #3D #terrain #elevation #landscape #hydrogeomorphology #integration #satellite #emergency #response #planning #management #extremeweather #DisasterRisk #ClimateChange #GIS #spatial #mapping
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Advancing Flood Detection And Mapping - A Review Of Earth Observation Services, 3D Data Integration, And AI-Based Techniques
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17172943 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/qIaw0IgtkfM?si=PzNCFQ6dqmvlpQ-D <-- shared @nasa #ARSET #tutorial / overview video (1 of 2)
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https://youtu.be/oMPSToY2xDs?si=WjypQknw3_N-A8qJ <-- shared @nasa #ARSET #tutorial / overview video (2 of 2)
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#review #EarthObservation #FloodMapping #RemoteSensing #AI #Geospatial #DisasterRisk #ClimateChange #flood #flooding #satellite #model #modeling #depth #volume #risk #hazard #evaluation #GIS #spatial #mapping #detection #3D #terrain #elevation #landscape #hydrogeomorphology #integration #satellite #emergency #response #planning #management #extremeweather #DisasterRisk #ClimateChange #GIS #spatial #mapping
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"#Webinar: #Donkeys as Agents of #Drought #Resilience"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CCF4RbvWk
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #donkey #droughts #equids -
"#Webinar: #Donkeys as Agents of #Drought #Resilience"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CCF4RbvWk
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #donkey #droughts #equids -
"Can risk be managed without measuring it?"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/can-risk-be-managed-without-measuring-it-0#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #Risk #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
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"Can risk be managed without measuring it?"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/can-risk-be-managed-without-measuring-it-0#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #Risk #RiskManagement #RiskReduction #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters
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Thank you to John Richardson and the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience for the review of "Disaster by Choice" https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-january-2026-disasters-are-not-natural-review-of-disasters-by-choice-how-our-actions-turn-natural-hazards-into-catastrophes
-"Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
-"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen -
Thank you to John Richardson and the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience for the review of "Disaster by Choice" https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/ajem-january-2026-disasters-are-not-natural-review-of-disasters-by-choice-how-our-actions-turn-natural-hazards-into-catastrophes
-"Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
-"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen -
Disasters Avoided Newsletter 11: Communications and Engagement
https://mailchi.mp/cd335e827549/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
Urban 2.0 Newsletter 8: Ideas to Make Cities & Towns Better
https://mailchi.mp/344d00f2862f/the-urban-2-zero-newsletter-14197204
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #UrbanResilience -
New open access chapter:
Working #Equids in #Disasters
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00313-3_4
In "The Palgrave Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions in the Global Context of Climate Change, Disasters, and Other Crises" Edited by H. Wu, K. Breen, S.E. DeYoung, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00313-3
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals -
"Antarctic Disasters - And Avoiding Them"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3u5rsYO5c
Presentation at the 2025 Conference of SCAR SC-HASS (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Standing Committee on the Humanities and Social Sciences)
#Antarctic #Antarctica #PolarResearch #DisastersAvoided #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement -
"Crisis and Risk Psychology in Norway" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/crisis-and-risk-psychology-in-norway
#Norway #Norge #DRR #CrisisPreparedness #SystemicRisk #LocalGovernance #Governance #DisasterRisk #RiskGovernance #DisasterRiskGovernance #DisasterRiskReduction #Psychology #PsychologyToday #CrisisPsychology -
Disasters Avoided Newsletter 10: disasters and the climate
https://mailchi.mp/9ac4eaca5c4c/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency -
New free-to-download paper:
"Crisis Preparedness and Systemic Risk: The Role of Municipal Leaders in Disaster Risk Governance in Norway"
https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.70015
With Sofie Steinsund, Gianluca Pescaroli, Jarle Eid
#Norway #Norge #DRR #CrisisPreparedness #SystemicRisk #LocalGovernance #Governance #DisasterRisk #RiskGovernance #DisasterRiskGovernance #DisasterRiskReduction -
New book:
"Small States and International Law"
https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/57234
Edited by Petra Butler, Jean-Pierre Gauci, and Georgia Greville.
My chapter "Disasters and Small States".
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #SmallStates #InternationalLaw -
Breakthrough study reveals critical seismic vulnerabilities in Dir City, Pakistan. Urgent need for building retrofits and community resilience strategies identified by comprehensive urban safety assessment. #DisasterRisk #UrbanSafety
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Disasters Avoided Newsletter #9 - July 2025
Focus on disaster #finance and #insurance
https://mailchi.mp/9d23586aafdb/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters -
New paper:
"From multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS) to all-vulnerability warning systems (AVWS)"
Free to download https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112977#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #MHEWS
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Yancey County faced Helene's wrath unprepared: a stark reminder of urgent climate warning system gaps. #ClimateCrisis #DisasterRisk #NorthCarolina
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Disasters Avoided Newsletter #8 focuses on the urban world of #cities and #towns
https://mailchi.mp/a43be29272f5/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
Urban 2.0 Newsletter #2 focuses on urban resilience and how to avoid disasters
https://mailchi.mp/6d7cfaa1e35f/the-urban-2-zero-newsletter
#Urbanisation #Urbanization #UrbanStudies #urban #city #town #UrbanLife #DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters -
New Book: "Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk"
Free PDF from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003292814 with thanks to UCL Open Access.
And a reminder of the free PDF book published in February:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.).
https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters with thanks to UCL Open Access.
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement -
Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience -
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #7
Focus on Non-Governmental Organisations (#NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (#CSOs)
https://mailchi.mp/9e31722a66e3/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-14190206
#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters -
A special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science has just been published on "The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday" https://link.springer.com/journal/13753/volumes-and-issues/16-1 with the video from Tuesday's launch event at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/rdr-monthly-event-gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters -
New book:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.) by J. Lewis and I. Kelman.Free PDF download https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters thanks to UCL Open Access.
Practical Action Publishing.
#OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #development #hazards #NaturalHazards #vulnerability #resilience
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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 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention -
Study for a disaster Master's degree at University College London, UK.
See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/study/masters-programmes 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.
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters -
⛑ Don't miss the next #EarthEngineUserMeetup on 15 March! Join Ka Hei Chow, as she shares about a "#Cloud Application for EO-based #Climate and #DisasterRisk Assessment: A #CCDR Approach" for the World Bank.
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📢 New Publication🚨
I'm thrilled to share the latest paper from my #PhD, titled "The Role of Compound Climate and Weather Extreme Events in Creating Socio-economic Impacts in South Florida," published in the Weather and Climate Extremes journal.
Full paper: 🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094723000786
#CompoundEvents #ClimateExtremes #NaturalHazards #DisasterRisk #ClimateAdaptation #WeatherExtremes
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"Children and Adolescents Coping With Disaster"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202309/children-and-adolescents-coping-with-disaster
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters -
RT @dubravkasuica: Today I’m in Ispra 🇮🇹 to meet with @EU_ScienceHub scientists doing research on #demography, #democracy, #DisasterRisk & #disinformation!
An exciting day that starts with the launch of the Demography and #ClimateChange report.
Follow 🔴LIVE at https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/visit-of-cssr-suica-2023-06-05🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1665642881753702400
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Our researchers contribute to #wildfire #DisasterRisk reduction in Europe & globally! 💪
How? ⬇️
Through the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) 🔥 as part of the @CopernicusEMS 🛰️
👉 https://effis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1653405621364961281
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RT @stephen_quest: Our @EU_ScienceHub #DisasterRisk Management team has been providing support to the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism activated to assist rescue efforts in 🇹🇷 & 🇸🇾 regions affected by the earthquakes
Read all about this & more in our newsletter ➡️https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/eusciencehubnews/newsletter-archives/44262
#Science4Policy🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ScienceHub/status/1636040717356220427
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Talks on analysis of #Sentinel1 and #Sentinel2 data by Dipak Paudial and Awnesh Singh respectively took me back to university time & the #Geoinformatics studies in #Jena. Really great data sources as reminded today for applications like #DisasterRisk assessment or #water #turbidity modelling.
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Planning for 3 global disaster risk reduction fellowships for the youth and practitioners. Scheduled for the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2023. Next few months are gonna be hectic 🤪