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Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, University College London

Droughts are complicated, often more human-caused than precipitation-caused (Wilhite and Glantz, 1985). Nonetheless, precipitation and water certainly

Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, University College London

The media, and even scientific publications, continue to be packed with rhetoric that low-lying islands will sink, drown, or disappear due the seas

Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, University College London

After a disaster, we often hear about the need to bounce back, to return to normal, and to restore the pre-disaster state. How sensible is this?

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Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, University College London

We hear so much these days about climate change, often with suggestions of it inevitably causing more disasters. Science, however, paints a much more

Ilan Kelman, Reader in Risk, Resilience and Global Health at University College London, England and Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, University College London

How many deaths have been caused by earthquakes throughout history? Tens of millions? Millions? Hundreds of thousands? The answer, perhaps, is close

Robert Glasser, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

This past March, Peru was hit by devastating floods. Media reports led with death tolls and declarations of states of emergency. People volunteered

Frank Thomalla, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute

Indonesia is amongst the countries in the world with the highest risk from environmental hazards and climate change impacts. Following the devastating

Shristi Vaidya, Disaster Risk Researcher, Delta Innovation BV

We often talk about communication and Early Warning Systems (EWS), the development of which normally moves in a top-down manner, from global to

Steven Ramage, Head of External Relations, Group on Earth Observations, Group on Earth Observations

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) coordinates Earth observations for a changing planet characterized by extreme weather events such as droughts

Margareta Wahlström, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Swedish Red Cross

It is no longer business as usual. From major global businesses to SMEs to small local producers, economic losses from disasters are a growing threat

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