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sarah4ilam.bsky.social
Those of you who know me well have been subjected to my endless banging on about the invisibility of preventative action. Lucky old you!
@ilankelman.bsky.social is bringing it into the spotlight, in a disaster context. Awesome stuff.
#disastersarenotnatural
#disastersavoided
April 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction (2nd edition)
practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/de...
Hard copy can be pre-ordered.
Free download available in Feb.

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)
December 16, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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.
August 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Disasters Avoided Newsletter 8 - #urban #cities #towns
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Urban 2.0 Newsletter 2 - #resilience #DRR #DisastersAvoided
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#UrbanStudies #city #town #UrbanLife #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New paper:
"Invisible Allies: #Donkeys promote #drought #resilience"
doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #pastoralist #pastorlism #OneWelfare #Kenya #Ethiopia
Redirecting
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September 24, 2026 at 8:20 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New #podcast:
#NoNaturalDisasters
uclpress.co.uk/podcast/no-n...

@uclpress.bsky.social @uclrdr.bsky.social @uclwrc.bsky.social @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social
#disaster #disasters #DisastersAvoided #DisastersAreNotNatural #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DRM #DisasterRiskManagement #Climate #ClimateChange
No Natural Disasters, featuring Professor Ilan Kelman
Professor Ilan Kelman argues that human decisions, governance failures and societal inequities determine the impact of catastrophic events.
uclpress.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 7:24 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-...
The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/pro...

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Katastrophen
January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Two #OpenAccess @uclopenscience.bsky.social books:
1. Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
2. #Development & #Disasters practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/de...

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR
Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk | Who Speaks? Who Suffers?
In Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert power over each other in ways that make nature
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May 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Disasters Avoided Newsletter 10:
#disasters and the #climate
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#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
The Disasters Avoided Newsletter - Edition 10 (September 2025)
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October 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Thank you for a new review of "Disaster by Choice" knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/aj...

-"Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/pro...
-"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-...

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR
AJEM January 2026 - Disasters are not natural: review of Disasters By Choice: How our Actions turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes | Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub
‘It’s just semantics’. I hear this often when the topic comes up of disasters not being natural, so why do we persist calling them natural disasters? It is more than semantics.
knowledge.aidr.org.au
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Two new #DisastersAvoided articles:
1 #Polar www.thearcticinstitute.org/framework-av...
2 Mindset & investment crisis-response.com/Articles/744...
More disastersavoided.com

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction
A Framework for Avoiding Polar Disasters
The Disasters Avoided project provides six characteristics for actions to ensure disasters avoided, applied here to the polar regions.
www.thearcticinstitute.org
August 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
#DisastersAvoided Newsletter 11
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#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disaster #disasters #risk
The Disasters Avoided Newsletter - Edition 11 (November 2025)
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December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #9
Focus on #disaster #finance and #insurance
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#DisastersAvoided
#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #vulnerability #resilience #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #disasters
The Disasters Avoided Newsletter - Edition 9 (July 2025)
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July 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
#DisastersAvoided Newsletter #5
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On the #UNDRR Global Assessment Report (GAR) and #NoNaturalDisasters

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement
October 7, 2024 at 10:33 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"#Webinar: #Donkeys as Agents of #Drought #Resilience"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_CC...

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #donkey #droughts #equids
Webinar: Donkeys as Agents of Drought Resilience
YouTube video by HERD Group
www.youtube.com
March 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Study for a disaster Master's degree at UCL, UK.
www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste... for applications and funding.
Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August.

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (do not use #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement
Master's Programmes
Risk and disaster reduction, particularly within the contexts of dealing with uncertainty and increasing resilience, are high on local, national and international agendas.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
aprados1.bsky.social
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #6 with @ilankelman.bsky.social and Gareth Byatt: the role of businesses in disasters

#Business #Resilience #dana #valencia
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction
#DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural
#disaster #disasters

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The Disasters Avoided Newsletter - Edition 6 (January 2025)
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January 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Can risk be managed without measuring it?"
www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...
@preventionweb.bsky.social @undrr.bsky.social

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #Risk #RiskManagement #RiskReduction
Can risk be managed without measuring it?
Many risks require measurement for management. Just not all of them.
www.preventionweb.net
February 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
#Gender, #Disaster, and the #SendaiFramework
18 Mar. 1830-2100
UCL, UK, in-person
www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaste...

#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (do not use #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRiskReduction
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.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Open access chapter:
Working #Equids in #Disasters
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals
Working Equids in Disasters: Local Concerns and Inspirations
Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys is an international animal welfare charity dedicated to improving the lives of working equids, including during and after disasters. Now, Brooke seeks to p...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" www.preventionweb.net/drr-communit...

#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR
@preventionweb.bsky.social @undrr.bsky.social
Disasters that never happened: Six preventive actions
What 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 ...
www.preventionweb.net
April 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
" #DisasterPsychology: Trends in #PsychologicalFirstAid After Disasters"
www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa...

#MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthFirstAid #MHFA #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR
Trends in Psychological First Aid After Disasters
Two recent reviews of psychological first aid in disasters show ways for the field to move forward.
www.psychologytoday.com
August 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
aprados1.bsky.social
Vivir donde el fuego siempre vuelve. www.agenciasinc.es/Reportajes/V... @evarodnieto.bsky.social #DRR #disaster #disasters #DisastersAreNotNatural #DisastersAvoided #resilience #vulnerability #DisasterRisk #wildfire #Smoke #Wildfires #incendio #forestales
Vivir donde el fuego siempre vuelve
La lucha contra los incendios ha dejado de centrarse exclusivamente en la extinción. Hoy se plantea desde una óptica más ambiciosa y estructural, en la que la innovación tecnológica, la participación ciudadana y la gestión territorial son imprescindibles.
www.agenciasinc.es
June 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
The 16th @uclrdr.bsky.social annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, London.

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR
16th UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction annual conference
Marking UCL200, the 16th UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 21, 2026 at 12:58 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
www.thearcticinstitute.org/the-arctic-i...

#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction
May 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM