Risk communication

This document explains the disaster disk management mechanism in Palestine.

Just this year, heatwaves blasted southern Europe, the United States and China; wildfires lit up Greece, Canada and Maui in Hawaii; and winter storms froze large parts of the US.

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of using videos to educate and signal risk during natural disasters, and to promote protective action in the community.

The Avoidable Deaths Network is launching a global campaign, declaring 12 March as the ‘International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths’ (IAD4AD).

This fact sheet for reporters on climate change and wildfires is one in a series produced jointly by two philanthropically supported, editorially independent services for journalists: SciLine and Climate Communication.

This paper examines 512 Australian newspaper articles published over a five-year period (2016–2021) that report on air pollution due to bushfire smoke and resulting human health impacts.

Growing concern over the personal impacts of climate change represents an opportunity for journalists, policy makers and environmental advocates to engage people more effectively through the power of storytelling.

The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.