UCL Warning Research Centre@UCLWRC

The UCL WRC is unique in bringing together global expertise to explore the role of warnings in managing vulnerabilities, hazards, threats, risks, and disasters.

 London, UK
ucl.ac.uk/sts/wrc
Joined March 2010
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If you missed the launch event of the @LR_Foundation World Risk Poll Report 2026 you can now watch all sessions including Session 2 Early warnings for all: what works, and who gets left behind here: 🔗 piped.video/watch?v=uSRGpqER…. Huge gratitude to LRF & @UNDRR @ITU @ifrc @WMO 🙏

Early warnings for all: what works, and who gets left behind

Session 2 of Emerging trends in global resilience - Early warnings ...

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Lao PDR launches initiative and competition to make early warnings reach everyone: preventionweb.net/news/lao-p…

Lao PDR launches initiative and competition to make early warnings reach everyone

The Government of Lao PDR, supported by the United Nations, NGOs and CSOs, launch an inclusive risk communication initiative and a video competition on the International Day for Disaster Risk...

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Indonesia and Japan Develop Mosque Loudspeakers as Earthquake Warning Alarms indonesiaexpat.id/news/indon…

Indonesia and Japan Develop Mosque Loudspeakers as Earthquake Warning Alarms

Indonesia and Japan are developing a mosque loudspeaker-based earthquake warning alarms, with trials planned in Jakarta by 2030.

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Bridging the early warning to action gap requires building resilience at home: resilience starts at home, but it depends on the systems, services and support that make household action possible undrr.org/implementing-senda… @UNDRR

Bridging the early warning to action gap requires building resilience at home

As countries work towards the goal of Early Warnings for All, the measure of success cannot be simply whether a warning was sent or received. It must be whether people were able to use it to protect...

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We celebrated International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction @LR_Foundation for their launch of #WorldRiskPoll 2026. @CarinaFearnley chaired Session 2 'Early warnings for all: what works, and who gets left behind' with the EW4All leads & @KumahElizabeth shorturl.at/fyCfZ

From alert to agency: What turns warnings into action

Based on data from the fourth edition of the World Risk Poll, this report assesses disaster early warnings on whether they change what people can do.

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Don't forget to book online tickets for the Launch of the 2026 World Risk Poll Resilience Index by @LR_Foundation Tue Oct 13  1PM GMT+1 here: 🔗 lrfoundation.org.uk/events/e… ⚠️ Session 2 focused on 'Early warnings for all: what works, and who gets left behind' @UNDRR @WMO @ITU @ifrc

Emerging trends in global resilience: launch of the 2026 World Risk Poll Resilience Index

To mark the UN’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and as part of the ‘Road to Abu Dhabi’ series of convenings leading up to the Understanding Risk Global Forum in May 2027, this free...

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Belize shows why investing in early warnings pays off wmo.int/media/project-update…

Belize Shows Why Investing in Early Warnings Pays Off

Two socio-economic benefit analyses, assessing the National Meteorological Service of Belize (NMSB) and the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), respectively, demonstrate how forecasts,...

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Understanding the global landscape of heat early warning systems preventionweb.net/publicatio…

Understanding the global landscape of heat early warning systems

This report provides a global overview Heat Early Warning Systems, examining where they exist, how they are designed and operated, and their challenges and opportunities.

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The tech that warns millions in seconds and the risk that comes with it ndtv.com/india-news/severe-w…

The Tech That Warns Millions In Seconds And The Risk That Comes With It

Experts say when people receive too many warnings, especially for events that do not directly affect them, they begin to tune them out.

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Climate warnings need to be told in tangible ways to prevent disaster theconversation.com/climate-…

Climate warnings need to be told in tangible ways to prevent disaster

The science will tell us what is likely to happen. The harder question is whether that knowledge reaches people in a form they can feel and act on.

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‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat? theguardian.com/environment/…

‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising...

Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact

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Early warning early action in a world of changing risk: preventionweb.net/publicatio…

Early warning early action in a world of changing risk

This report draws on best practice from across the anticipatory action community and beyond to identify how systems and practices can be strengthened to remain effective as risks change, including...

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As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid ‘emergency fatigue’ theconversation.com/as-commu…

As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid ‘emergency...

When trust in institutions is weak, emergency warnings can become entangled with narratives about government competency and bureaucratic overreach.

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Strategic roadmap for localising early warning systems preventionweb.net/publicatio… by @GNDR Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction

Strategic roadmap for localised early warning systems

This Strategic Roadmap provides a long-term framework to strengthen the leadership, capacity, and sustainability of civil society organisations and local actors in driving people-centred early...

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Early warning as a public service: Embedding multi-hazard resilience into e governance systems preventionweb.net/publicatio…

Early warning as a public service: Embedding multi-hazard resilience into eGovernance systems

This paper outlines commonalities across domains & a phased roadmap (governance, platform, operations, scaling), with KPIs & measures e.g legal mandates, integration units, CAP interoperability,...

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Cyprus launches national public warning system, powered by GCC and Intersec - preventionweb.net/news/cypru…

Cyprus launches national public warning system, powered by GCC and Intersec

As part of a broader reorganization of the civil protection sector, the Cyprus Civil Defence mandated GCC and Intersec to power the new Public Warning System.

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Venezuela earthquakes highlight the limits of early warning systems - preventionweb.net/news/venez…

Venezuela earthquakes highlight the limits of early warning systems

Earthquakes still arrive without warning. That is the hard truth scientists have been forced to accept, despite a decade of advances in artificial intelligence, satellite monitoring and dense seismic...

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🔥 Hot off the press: new blog @ConversationUK 'Three ways climate action can be more inclusive for 1.3 billion disabled people' who have no formal @UNFCCC representation 🔗theconversation.com/three-wa…💬@ucl @IDA_CRPD_Forum @WID_org @UNDRR @UNEP @globalnetworkdr @UCLRDR @stsucl

Three ways climate action can be more inclusive for 1.3 billion disabled people

How to place disabled people, who are some of the most vulnerable, at the centre of climate change negotiations.

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Heat, humidity and housing: why British heatwaves hit differently theconversation.com/heat-hum… via @ConversationUK by @hancloke and Akshay Deoras

Heat, humidity and housing: why British heatwaves hit differently

A 35°C heatwave really does “feel worse” in the UK than in many other countries.

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The value of loss and damage data, from early warning to recovery by @UNDRR preventionweb.net/quick/1028…

The value of loss and damage data, from early warning to recovery

From drought preparedness in Africa to institutional strengthening in Kyrgyzstan and post-conflict recovery planning in the agricultural sector in Lebanon, explore how loss and damage data is being...

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