Hazards catalogue of Bangladesh and Oman: A first step in risk assessment

Hazards catalogue of Bangladesh and Oman: A first step in risk assessment By Edris Alam Introduction To develop a hazard catalogue, it requires collating recent and historical events from diverse sources, including written records, archaeological findings, and geological data (Alam…

Avoidable Deaths of Migrants Attempting to Get to Europe by Sea

Avoidable Deaths of Migrants Attempting to Get to Europe by Sea By: Tony Moore Introduction At a Press Conference in April 2022, a spokesman for the United Nations Human Rights Council, the UN’s Refugee Agency, announced that more than 3,000…

Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Regional Network for First Responders (RN4FR)

Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Regional Network for First Responders (RN4FR) By: Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Steve Glovinsky A region as diverse and vulnerable as the Caribbean requires a continually vigilant, collaborative and coordinated approach to major disaster events.…

Deaths Due to Lightning in the Tribal Regions of Odisha, India

Deaths due to lightning in the tribal regions of Odisha, India By: Dr Madhulika Sahoo and Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett Lightning strikes kill people. Lightning deaths are increasing at an alarming rate in India. According to the National Disaster Management…

Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management (RCDDM): Future Leader Programme

Risk, Crisis, Disaster and Development Management (RCDDM): Future Leader Programme By: Mrs Denise Corsel, Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita and Dr Paul Reilly Introduction Disasters cause critically damaging human, social, financial, natural, and physical losses. In order to…

School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis

School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis By: Hideyuki Shiroshita The city of Izumiotsu, located in the central part of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a relatively small city with approximately 75,000 inhabitants. The city was once…

Disastrous Floods in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kasese District of Uganda

Disastrous Floods in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kasese District of Uganda By: Dr Yazidhi Bamutaze Uganda’s disaster risk management capabilities and disaster resilience were put to the test in the first half of the year 2020. Uganda…

Indigenous Practices of Containing the Infection of COVID-19 in India

Indigenous Practices of Containing the Infection of COVID-19 in India By: Dr Madhulika Sahoo Over 104 million tribal people live in India, spread across 705 tribes (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2018).  They account for 8.6% of the country’s…

Fighting Fire with Fire: Tackling Australia Bushfires with Indigenous Knowledge

Fighting Fire with Fire: Tackling Australia Bushfires with Indigenous Knowledge By: Adelle Lim At a time when most people look forward to summer breaks enjoying on a beach or simply going outdoors, much of Australia was shrouded in thick plumes…

Design for Accessible-to-All Toilets Using Lego Models: Update from ADN’s Junior Champion

Design for Accessible-to-All Toilets Using Lego Models: Update from ADN’s Junior Champion By: Arkoneil Ghosh The first Lego League 2020 challenge was based on the theme “City Shaper”, and it made me think from a different angle. We were challenged…

Disaster Risk Governance for District-Level Landslide Risk Management in Rangamati, Bangladesh

Disaster Risk Governance for District-Level Landslide Risk Management in Rangamati, Bangladesh By: Dr Edris Alam and Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett Introduction The Government of Bangladesh has been successful in reducing deaths from tropical cyclones. However, in recent years landslides have…

School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis

School Pupils in Osaka are Champions for Avoidable Deaths from Tsunamis By: Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita The city of Izumiotsu, located in the central part of Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is a relatively small city with approximately 75,000 habitants. The city used…

The Paradox of Similar Disaster Events Causing Different Impacts

The Paradox of Similar Disaster Events Causing Different Impacts: The Case of Tropical Cyclones Idai and Fani By: Samuel Akera It has become common knowledge that disaster often repeats itself. In the course of my professional life I have witnessed…

Reflections from the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland

Reflections from the 2019 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, Switzerland By: Pamela Komujuni Every two years Members of the United Nations, including Governments, non-government stakeholders, the private sector, academia and civil society, gather together at the Global Platform…