Ilan Kelman

Disasters, health, islands, prevention, everyday risks, disaster diplomacy, Arctic/Antarctic/polar, migration, climate change, inclusion, and sustainability.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

"Disaster by Choice"
New in paperback!
https://t.co/oWcxbA8MiS

See also:
-Blog https://t.co/hZMJmbjRlc
-Vlog https://t.co/JXyXOkbJ4D

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters
(no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)
#DRR #wxtwitter #EMGTwitter #sciencetwitter #ClimateTwitter

[Climate Centre @ClimateCentreUK]

"If we start preparing now to think about transport, offices and homes in temperatures exceeding 40 degrees, we can avoid major problems. But we do have to start thinking of it now," says @ucl's Professor Ilan Kelman on @BBCRadioLondon.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

I am delighted to contribute cover photos to the "Journal of Climate Change and Health". The first https://t.co/UEAjeNY2Gf
Thanks to Amelia Cussans and @DrRitaIssa.

#katuali #SeaSnake #Niue #ClimateChange #HealthTwitter #HealthClimate #ClimateHealth #ClimateTwitter #GlobalHealth

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

I am honoured to be elected to be Academia Europaea and I look forward to working with and learning from all my esteemed colleagues who are also members. #AcademiaEuropaea #AcademyOfEurope https://t.co/EgZW27r7Ss @acad_euro

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

I am humbled & privileged to be awarded the 2026 Professor Douglas Paton Distinguished Researcher Lifetime Legacy Award, recognising & advancing Douglas’s visionary work in disaster science, his deep commitment to education, & his global impact on building resilient communities.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

"Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response".
https://t.co/xvtR2A8oz0

#Antarctic #Antarctica #Arctic #PolarScience #PolarResearch #polar #OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

"Risk jargon: Compound, complex, and confusing!"
https://t.co/veAfPfplYe

#Risk #RiskSociety #RiskResearch #ComplexRisk #CompoundRisk #CascadingRisk #ConcurrentRisk #ComplexRisks #CompoundRisks #CascadingRisks #ConcurrentRisks

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

The 16th @UCLRDR annual conference explores 'Cities of the future: Risks, resilience and reimagination'.
https://t.co/cN020VXEzp
In person, 24 June 0900-1800, London.

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

UCL Warning Research Centre Newsletter – May 2026
https://t.co/LHt2HfPp6J

#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

@IAPGeoethics I am humbled and privileged to be an awardee. This award is not about the individuals, but reflects our predecessors and collaborators in my fields. Thank you for all that you do! #geoethics

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

I am humbled and privileged to be an awardee. This award is not about the individuals, but reflects our predecessors and collaborators in my fields. Thank you, @IAPGeoethics, for all that you do. #geoethics

[IAPG Geoethics @IAPGeoethics]

We are pleased to inform you that Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy (India) and Ilan Kelman (United Kingdom) have been awarded the Geoethics Medal 2025 by the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG): https://t.co/dT9oNAH5Yl

#geoethics #geoetica #geoethicsmedal

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

@LucyGoBag Wonderful! Thank you for your leadership and for inspiring us to do better.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

@gunner964 @LucyGoBag You perfectly express a frequent pattern and a major frustration. @MickeyGlantz for decades has been noting they are "lessons identified", not "lessons learned". We struggle to convince our leaders to make them "lessons implemented". https://t.co/gSN2oJu8pb offers some successes.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

Thank you for your support--but, even more, thank you for inspiring us so much!

@PreventionWeb @UNDRR @aprados1 @UCLRDR @UCLGlobalHealth @UCLWRC

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

I love the Disasters Avoided network and all the work marvellous @IlanKelman and colleagues do on prevention actions that make a difference and save lives

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

@StormKarli @LucyGoBag Impressive. Let's hope this positive change happens.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

@StormKarli That is awful--and this is a 'health service'. Thank you for raising awareness, hopefully creating positive action.

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

"Iran’s Other Time Bomb" - #earthquakes by Christopher Westfall @riskmarketnews
https://t.co/aH4p9g3HBG

#Iran #Tehran #EarthquakeRisk #SeismicRisk #IranWar

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

New paper:
“Not Your #ClimateRefugees”: A Maldivian Perspective on #Migration and #Adaptation
https://t.co/a0m126rbXC

#Climigration #ClimateMigrants #EnvironmentalRefugees #EnvironmentalMigrants #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #Maldives #IslandStudies #ClimateTwitter #Migration

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

New free-to-access chapter "The Ungovernability of the #Climate-#Migration-#Health Nexus?" https://t.co/p3HznRjAzs

#climigration #climaterefugees #climatemigrants #environmentalrefugees #environmentalmigrants #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #GlobalHealth #ClimateTwitter

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

"Geoethical Equity"
https://t.co/7sdaX83eeh
#geoethics #geoetica #equity #ethics

[IAPG Geoethics @IAPGeoethics]

Just published in the IAPG Blog:
https://t.co/xaFPMlJGnI

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics
IUGS - Commission on Geoethics
CIPSH - Chair on Geoethics

#geoethics #geoetica

[Ilan Kelman @IlanKelman]

"Dépaysement: #MentalHealth Impacts as the Environment Changes - alienated and displaced from home: Mental impacts of #EnvironmentalChange."
https://t.co/D7DzKKYWdg

#dépaysement #depaysement #solastalgia #EcoAnxiety #EcoGrief #EcoHope #EcoInspiration #ClimateTwitter #DRRTwitter