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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 11h

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

Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 11h

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 1d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 6d

"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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#NoNaturalDisasters @nonaturaldisasters.bsky.social · 7d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 9d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 13d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 15d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 20d

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

www.rca.ac.uk

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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 20d

"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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 20d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · 20d

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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · Sep 2

"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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · Aug 22

"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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · Aug 22

"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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Ilan Kelman @ilankelman.bsky.social · Aug 15

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