Gettin’ Risky With It: Participants’ perspectives from the Risk Communication Pressure Cooker in Mexico City
What did participants learn during the UR2018 Risk Communication Pressure Cooker event?
parCitypatory – UR2018 Risk Comms Pressure Cooker Blog
It is important for successful risk communication to reach a maximum number of people and present the information in an attractive way.
Water Youth Network – UR2018 Risk Comms Pressure Cooker Blog
To work innovatively towards reducing disaster risk in our world, we had the opportunity to learn, share, and develop solutions for a real-life problem on risk communication.
BBC Media Action – UR2018 Risk Comms Pressure Cooker Blog
We need to support the next generation of risk management researchers and professionals to broaden their understanding about risk communication.
Reading University – UR2018 Risk Comms Pressure Cooker Blog
Iztapalapa, one of the 16 municipalities of Mexico City (CDMX), is vulnerable to multiple environmental hazards, including earthquakes, subsidence, ground fracturing, and flooding...
UCL – UR2018 Risk Comms Pressure Cooker Blog
On the 14th May 2018 I found myself in a room in the beautiful Palacio de Mineria in Meixco City. Me and 34 other young researchers from various different disciplines were there to be part of the first 24-hour Pressure Cooker...
The best bad song I ever heard
"I’ve never been more moved by such a jarring cacophony of music. At the 2018 Understanding Risk Forum, I was treated to a performance by the Climate Music Project – a collaborative of scientists and gifted musicians that have come together to leverage music as an instrument for communicating climate risk."
Coping with disasters: advancing disaster risk financing strategies in the Caribbean
In a few weeks, hurricane season in the Caribbean will begin again. So, how can vulnerable countries cope with these disasters? One solution is incorporating disaster risk management principles into development planning. Identifying the countries’ disaster risk; working to reduce this risk; actively preparing for disasters; implementing disaster risk financing mechanisms; and reconstructing in resilient ways.