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by Ilan Kelman

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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

by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

Reposted by: Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
"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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by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
That you for supporting this message!

by Ilan Kelman

by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
This meme should ask "What problems have oppression, marginalisation & discrimination caused during weather which otherwise could be dealt with?"
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #ClimateChange #ClimateDisasters #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
A meme asks "How much damage has extreme weather caused? 1993-2022 followed by graphs trying to attribute disaster losses to weather.
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by Ilan Kelman

ilankelman.bsky.social
The key point is that the statements made about Tuvalu are not scientifically defensible.

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