By Professor Michael G Petterson Purpose of this Article The purpose of this article, written specifically for the Avoidable Deaths Network is to: 1) present a discourse founded in some of the greatest contributions of Earth Science to human thinking;…
#InspireInclusion: International Women’s Day
By Dr. Madhulika Sahoo International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day of collective global action and celebration that belongs to all those committed to shaping women’s equality. The theme for this year IWD 2024 is Inspire Inclusion. According to the…
Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN): Building a Public Discourse on Saving Lives
By Dr. Shakuntala Pratihary “Jātasya Hi Dhruvo Mṛityu” – an important Indian philosophical statement explains the narrative that death always follows birth. But if the reason for death is occurring at a pre-matured stage of human life, then the loss…
Disaster deaths post major emergencies and how can they be reduced
By Professor Alois Hirschmugl On 12th of March, the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths, #avoidabledeathsday, will be held. For that reason, I thought about those deaths after major emergencies that could have been avoided and how to reduce them.…
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
29 December 2023 Dear readers and the ADN community, Welcome to our fifth Newsletter for the Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN). ADN is a global membership network, dedicated to finding theoretical and practical solutions to reducing avoidable deaths from disasters. As I reflect…
Loss and Damage Funds Must Target the Most Vulnerable and Be Just
Loss and Damage Funds Must Target the Most Vulnerable and Be Just By Dr Aditya Ghosh Introduction The Loss and Damage fund finalized at the Conference of Parties (CoP) 28 must develop a mechanism to identify those most vulnerable to…
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…
Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Avoidable Snakebite Deaths
Shine Light on an ADN’s Project: Avoidable Snakebite Deaths Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Ms Lauren Macleod This year the Avoidable Deaths Network explored the feasibility and value of two novel networking models: the knowledge exchange network (KEN) model for…
Shine a Light on ADN’s Project: Junior Champions in Osaka Have Been Working on Avoiding Tsunami Deaths since 2013
Shine a Light on ADN’s Project: Junior Champions in Osaka Have Been Working on Avoiding Tsunami Deaths since 2013 By Hideyuki Shiroshita On the 12th of December 2023, Hama’s Junior Champions finished filming two films to reduce avoidable deaths from…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Mr Daniel Mendez’s Perspective on Avoidable Deaths Mr Daniel Mendez is a risk, crisis, and disaster manager with over 20 years of experience in the management of security and crisis situations at the national and local levels. Currently, Mr Mendez…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Professor A Q M Mahbub’s Perspective on Avoidable Deaths Professor Dr A Q M Mahbub is the Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Bangladesh and is a distinguished expert in disaster management. Professor Dr A Q…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Professor Norio Okada’s Perspective on Avoidable Deaths Professor Norio Okada is an Emiratus Professor at Kyoto University. He is also Advisor to Kwansei Gakuin University, Visiting Professor at Kumamoto University and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies…
Updates on Sendai Goals A and B
Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework: Implications for Avoidable Deaths Network By Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett The year 2023 marks the midpoint of the implementation of the ‘Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030’ agreement. A Midterm Review…
ADN Annual Report submitted to Institute of Environmental Futures
On 17 August 2023, Avoidable Deaths Network released its fourth Annual Report. We submitted our first Annual Report to the Institute for Environmental Futures. The Annual Report can be downloaded through this link: Download Annual Report 2022-2023
‘Gender and Technology’ at the World Anthropology Congress 2023
On 13 August 2023, Dr Madhulika Sahoo and Dr Nibedita Ray-Bennett convened the panel ‘Gender and Technology’ at the World Anthropology Congress 2023 organised by KISS in Bhubaneswar, India. Four abstracts were received for this panel, and three speakers presented their…
The Turkey-Syria Earthquake: a Foucauldian case study of the degeneration of human life
By Anil Kaan Yildirim, PhD student at Leicester University: Unlike many other crises, natural disasters like earthquakes can be prepared for through regulation and legislation i.e., safety standards in construction can be strictly controlled by authorities, or after-crisis management procedures…
Exploring Argentina
By Arkoneil Ghosh: ADN Junior Champion and member of the IAD4AD Advisory Committee- I recently traveled to Argentina from 10th June to 22st June 2023. I attended the 3rd Authors Meet of Latin America in Goya, Corrientes. During the course…
Unveiling the Tragedy: Investigating the Causes and Consequences of a Devastating Train Accident
By Arkoneil Ghosh: The nation has been shaken by the recent train accident in Odisha’s Balasore. The train deviated from its intended route on Friday at 7 p.m. IST, departing from its journey that began in Kolkata on Friday afternoon…
Celebrating International Women’s Day with the Avoidable Deaths Network
By Mr. Tom Caley and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo On 8th March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day (IWD) with this year’s campaign theme as #EmbraceEquity. The IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity theme campaigns for gender equity; the latter understanding “equal opportunities are no longer enough”…
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.…
Reflecting on My Role as ADN’s Junior Champion
Reflecting on My Role as ADN’s Junior Champion By: Arkoneil Ghosh 2022 was lengthy yet intriguing for me. This is because I began working at ADN as Junior Champion from May. My first project was creating awareness on drowning deaths.…
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…
Junior Champions’ Work on Avoiding Deaths of Tsunamis
Junior champions in Osaka have been working on avoiding tsunami deaths since 2013 with one of the ADN’s presidents, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita By: Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita On the 7th of December 2022, pupils aka the Junior Champions played several types…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Dr Albrecht Beck’s Perspective on Avoidable Deaths Dr Albrecht Beck is Director of Prepared International; member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC); and civil expert for Population Movements and Mass Evacuations for NATO. Prepared International is ADN’s…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Professor Alois Hirschmugl’s Perspective on Avoidable Deaths Professor Alois Hirschmugl is a Regular Officer, Trainer/Expert for international disaster management, and Technical Director of DMAT Consulting KG. DMAT is ADN’s Organisational Partner. Professor Alois Hirschmugl’s Interview Transcript Do you believe it…
Updates on Sendai Goals 1 and 2
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction’s Ignite Stage 2019: Opinions of Key Stakeholders By: Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Krishna Clarke and Daniel Mendez Introduction The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 set seven global targets of which the first two…
COP27 Round-up
COP27 Round-up By Tom Caley, ADN Writer Last weekend the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, overran by two days as delegates struggled for agreement. To follow up our previous post…
Loss and Damage at COP27
Loss and Damage at COP27 By Mr. Tom Caley, Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennett and Mr. Alex Skinner From November 6th, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been holding its latest Conference of the Parties (COP) in…
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2022
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2022 By Mr. Tom Caley, Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennett and Mr. Alex Skinner The 13th October marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) as designated by the United Nations General Assembly.…
Rapid Review of Flood Damage and Loss in Pakistan
Rapid Review of Flood Damage and Loss in Pakistan By Mr. Tom Caley, Dr. Nimra Choudhary and Ms. Anusha Manahil Since mid-June 2022, record monsoon rains have submerged up to a third of Pakistan causing more than 1500 deaths,…
Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India
Drowning Prevention – A Personal Story from my Village Runia, India By Dr. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett The 25th of July is World Drowning Prevention Day. To highlight the tragic and profound impact of downing on families and communities and…
A Poem Shared by an ADN Junior Champion
Arkoneil Ghosh, a 12 year old ADN Junior Champion from India has shared devastation and sorrow for the children in Ukraine. In an act of solidarity, Arkoneil has shared a moving poem on the tragedies of war. The Avoidable Deaths…
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…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths – Professor Michael Peterson Short interviews were conducted to gain multiple perspectives on avoidable deaths. Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett interviewed two ADN’s Advisors Mr David Wales and Professor Michael Peterson in 2021 to gain multiple perspectives…
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths
Perspectives on Avoidable Deaths – Mr David Wales Short interviews were conducted to gain multiple perspectives on avoidable deaths. Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett interviewed two ADN’s Advisors Mr David Wales and Professor Michael Peterson in 2021 to gain multiple perspectives…
Updates on Sendai Goals 1 and 2
Disasters, Disaster Deaths and People Affected by Disasters in the Caribbean Region By: Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett and Julian Coetzee Introduction The Caribbean region is a collection of over 7000 islands (Caribbeanislands.com, 2021). The region is highly prone to natural hazards.…
Avoidable Deaths Network On Air of Two Prominent Radios of Barbados
1 December 2021 LISTEN NOW ON SOUNDCLOUD Shayla Murrell – Interviewer Information Officer, Barbados Government Information Service Daniel Mendez Avoidable Deaths Network Regional Coordinator – Caribbean Krishna Clarke Avoidable Deaths Network Regional Coordinator – Caribbean The Avoidable…
Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships Awarded
Two prestigious Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships awarded to two students Hanifa Sango from Kenya and Chifundo Katanga from Malawi have been awarded Commonwealth Scholarships to allow them to pursue the MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management (RCDM), while living…