Mirianna Budimir

On my way to #UKADR2024. Looking forward to interacting with the research world again, hearing what is going on, meeting up with old and new partners, and sharing some reflections on practitioner-research partnerships from @PracticalAction and @floodalliance. See you soon!

📢 UNDRR's Call for 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Session Organizing Teams is open! Apply by 5 July 2024 to help shape GP2025. Details and application info ➡️ ow.ly/fSOM50SplQj

Due to its shared vision & long-term funding, @floodalliance stands out as an impactful collaborative partnership between research & practice, says @MBudimir @UCLIRDR #UKADR24 conference.

Insights from @floodalliance's @MBudimir on the opportunities of working collaboratively between researchers, practitioners & stakeholders to reduce climate-related risks, stressing the need for & value of sustainable learning beyond funding cycles & research impact metrics.

#UKADR funder panel discussion.

Colleagues from @PracticalAction, @IIASA and @GRI_LSE are at #UKADR2024. They’ll be covering topics such as the need for research-practitioner partnerships, social mechanisms of community resilience building and more! Find out more ⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-…

Developing a taxonomy of participatory approaches.

Teresa from @IIASA presenting on tools for raising and understanding trust in systems science through citizen engagement. #UKADR2024

Data visualisation for storytelling: - drama: infuse data w/ emotion to tell a story - selection: what is the message? - emphasis: focus attention Methods: position, orientation, size, shape, colour, value, pattern. For instinctive processing of visual data. #UKADR2024

#UKADR2024 panel kick off on successful collaboration: - cultivate long-term partnerships - take time to understand each other & find common ground - have patience - invest in ECRs - be curious, have an open mind - cultivate diversity #DRR

The 2024 @UK_ADR conference begins! For the next two days, we’ll be discussing "Collaborative research to make a difference". Opening the conference is Frank Savage, Chairman of the Commonwealth Disaster Agency, speaking on collaborations past, present and future. #UKADR2024

On my way to #UKADR2024. Looking forward to interacting with the research world again, hearing what is going on, meeting up with old and new partners, and sharing some reflections on practitioner-research partnerships from @PracticalAction and @floodalliance. See you soon!

In the news 🗞️ The past seven years included the six most extreme wildfires in the 21-year period. This new study charts the rapid growth of energetically extreme wildfires across the planet over the past two decades ➡️ ow.ly/v3ac50SppEJ

🚨Exciting news! Our paper, "The Roles of State and Non-State Actors in Early Warning and Early Action" is now live! Dive into the critical roles of diverse stakeholders in early warning systems for climate resilience. Access here: early-action-reap.org/roles-state-an…

Had the best week at #UR24 w/ this fantastic group from across @EarlyActionREAP. So much stimulating conversations, insightful discussions & just a brilliant group of awesome individuals. So energised & feel honoured to get to work with them. They're not bad at karaoke either!

@metoffice at #UR24 talking about the move from threshold based forecasting to impact based forecasting to action-led forecasting. #EWS

#UR24 had the biggest attendance so far: +1550 from over 135 countries.

@UnderstandRisk there have been so many references to "natural disasters" at the #UR24 conference. I'm surprised! This needs to change! #nonaturaldisasters @NoNatDisasters @GFDRR

Virginia Murray talking about the hazard information profiles and the multitude of hazards.

@PhilipWard_ giving an update at #UR24 on multi-hazards and multi risks.