#drr — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #drr, aggregated by home.social.
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Two new publications:
"Why #ethics, relationality and meaning-making matter to #resilience #education: Initiatives from global #disaster contexts" https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.70208
"Bringing #justice to informal #adaptation to #heat stress" https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02728-4#DRR #ClimateChange #ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CCA #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateChangeAdaptation #DisasterRiskReduction #HeatWave #HeatWaves #HeatStress #DisasterEthics
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Many new additions to:
1. Buy a Hazard https://www.ilankelman.org/buyahazard.html
2. Animal Signs https://www.ilankelman.org/animal-signs.html
#hazard #hazards #animal #animals #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #warning #warnings #WarningSign #WarningSigns #EWS #EarlyWarningSystems -
Two new #DisastersAvoided articles:
1. Polar https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/framework-avoiding-polar-disasters (free).
2. Mindset and investment https://crisis-response.com/Articles/744055/CRJ_21_2.aspx (subscription).More at https://disastersavoided.com
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters -
"Disaster Psychology: Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-by-choice/202608/trends-in-psychological-first-aid-after-disasters
#DisasterPsychology #PsychologicalFirstAid #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthFirstAid #MHFA #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters -
"Disaster by Choice" (book) is now available in #Russian https://infra-e.ru/products/978-5-9729-3182-8 "На пути к формализму риска. Катастрофа как выбор".
Original in #English https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
...and in #German "#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 -
"How to Prevent #Disasters - A Cup of Tea With, #Podcast" https://uclpress.co.uk/podcast/how-to-prevent-disasters-ilan-kelman
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention #Prevention #DisasterMitigation #Mitigation #DisasterPreparedness #Preparedness -
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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"Mental Health Impacts of 'Climate Crisis' Messaging: Fear can inhibit action."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202606/mental-health-and-climate-crisis-messaging
#ClimateAnxiety #ClimateGrief #Solastalgia #Symbiocene #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDoom #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #ClimateChange #Climate #DRR #Doomerism #Doomism #Anthropocene #EcoGrief #EcoStress #ClimateStress #Health #MentalHealth #GlobalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #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 -
I was awarded the #Geoethics Medal from the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) and the medal arrived! Such honours are not about the individual, but are about working collectively. These prizes reflect my predecessors and collaborators. Thank you!
#iapg #drr #GlobalHealth #DisasterRiskReduction #ethics #ResearchEthics -
My latest cover photo for the "Journal of #ClimateChange and #Health". https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-journal-of-climate-change-and-health
#ClimateHealth #HealthClimate #GlobalHealth #Climate #SpiderWeb #CCA #Adaptation #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateChangeAdaptation #PublicHealth #PlanetaryHealth #OneHealth #EcoHealth #CCA #DRR -
"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 -
UCL Warning Research Centre Newsletter – May 2026
https://mailchi.mp/430d6df5e64a/warning-research-centre-may-2026-newsletter
#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems -
"#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 -
Wir werden uns u.a. durch #KritisDachG und #SendaiFramework auf Naturereignisse vorbereiten müssen!
Erneut Wintersturm an der Ostküste der USA
"Schnee und Kälte haben Teile der USA weiter fest im Griff. Wieder bereiten sich mehrere Bundesstaaten auf einen schweren Wintersturm vor: Flüge sind gestrichen, Schulen bleiben geschlossen, in New York sind die Straßen für den Autoverkehr gesperrt.
Sieben Bundesstaaten haben den Ausnahmezustand verhängt."
#DRR
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"Mental health during disaster recovery"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202602/people-heal-in-different-ways-and-at-different-paces
#Health #MentalHealth #GlobalHealth #DRR #DisasterRecovery #Shealing -
"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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New free-to-download paper:
"Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice?"
https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70058#Climate #ClimateChange #Oceania #Pacific #IslandStudies #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #DRR #islands #Transformation #Justice
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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 -
"Value Yes, Chain No: Warnings Beyond Linearity"
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/warning-research-centre/2026/01/21/value-yes-chain-no-warnings-beyond-linearity/
#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems -
It was a privilege to write two #ScienceCommunication articles for the UK's Royal Museums Greenwich including the National Maritime Museum:
1. "Atolls and climate change" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/atolls-climate-change
2. "Coastal storms and climate change" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change
#oceans #climate #climatechange #islands #DRR #StormSurge #atolls #IslandStudies #storms -
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 -
Recent newsletters:
1. #Warning Research Centre newsletter https://mailchi.mp/d6df32c4e7c7/warning-research-centre-october-2025-newsletter-6741764 #EWS #WarningSystems
2. #DisastersAvoided newsletter https://mailchi.mp/9ac4eaca5c4c/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters ). -
Recently published:
1. "Planetary Dysregulation and Our #MentalHealth" https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202510/planetary-dysregulation-and-our-mental-health
2. "The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown on #Health and #ClimateChange" https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01919-1/abstract #ClimateHealth #HealthClimate
3. "Operational #Ethics for Researching #Geohazards" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03754-1_5 #Geoethics
#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters).