The work of others to avoid disasters
The Disasters Averted initiative
The Disasters Averted initiative
The Disasters Averted initiative
The Disasters Averted initiative recognises examples of good practice to avoid disasters.
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No Natural Disasters
The Disasters Averted initiative
The Disasters Averted initiative
The UNDRR #NoNaturalDisasters campaign aims to change the terminology of disasters, to stop using the word 'natural'...
Early Warnings for All
The Disasters Averted initiative
Early Warnings for All
Early Warnings for All is an initiative to ensure everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water, or climate events..
Zero Climate Disasters
Early Warnings for All
UNDRR has launched a campaign to ensure there are zero climate disasters in the years ahead...
Measuring invisible benefits
This paper explores probabilistic counterfactual analysis to calculate ‘probabilistic lives saved’ from interventions...
Designing for Disaster
This series published in Dezeen explores how design can help prevent, mitigate and recover from natural hazards...
Financial protocols guidance
Financial protocols guidance
Financial protocols guidance
This report examines the financial protocols of five multilateral and non-governmental anticipatory action financing mechanisms...
Disaster Risk Books
The Routledge Studies Series
The Routledge Studies Series
The Routledge Studies Series
This series, for which Ilan is the editor, contains over 30 books of studies about hazards, climate change and disaster risk.
Disasters by Choice
The Routledge Studies Series
The Routledge Studies Series
This book by Ilan explores some of our worst disasters, to show how we can and should act to stop people dying when they occur.
The Blessings of Disaster
The Routledge Studies Series
The Blessings of Disaster
This book shows how we can think in better ways about disasters, to strengthen and extend our existence as individuals and as a species.
Disaster Risk
Climate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
The Blessings of Disaster
The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards.
The Invention of Disaster
Climate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
Climate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
This contribution argues the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has led to its policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed around the world.
Climate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
Climate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
Climate Adaptation & Disaster Risk
This guide explores the benefits of using NBS. It includes case studies from across Asia to show how NBS can be mainstreamed in the portfolio of the Asian Development Bank.