Upcoming Events
Working Group: Warnings and Preparedness for a Riskier World
Warnings for Mental Health During Climatic Extremes
⏰ 29th October 15:00 – 17:00, both in person and online.
We will launch the world’s first mental health index by Rhiannon Hawkins, with panel discussants including Prof Virginia Murray, followed by a Q&A.
🔗 Click here for more details and to register!
Working Group: Warnings and Preparedness for a Riskier World
Building Effective Health Warnings for Users: The First Mile’ with Medici con l’Africa Cuamm/ Doctors with Africa CUAMM
⏰ 30 Oct 2025, 14:00–18:00, UCL Campus, in-person only
We will discuss with a wide range of stakeholders on how to build effective warnings for health issues, with a focus on emergent infectious diseases (EID) via a workshop with simulations, a roundtable event, and networking opportunities.
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Working Group: Climate Change, Disasters, Health and Well-being
This group meets once every two months online and consists of anyone interested in / working on bridging the topics of disasters, diseases and health. Feel free to forward this meeting invite to anyone who you think may be interested!
Next meeting:
5th of November 2025
16.00-17.00 CET
During this meeting there will be two presentations, one of the team of Nivedita Sairam and one of Kelley de Polt.
Email Marleen de Ruiter (m.c.de.ruiter@vu.nl) to get a link to the meeting!
Past Events
RiskKAN Webinar Announcement
We are excited to invite you to the next session in the RiskKAN “Warning and Preparedness for a Riskier World” Webinar Series:
🔔 Early Warning, Early Action for Cascading Risks to Food Security
📅 Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 CET (Online)
🔗 Register through a QR code below.
🎤 Speakers:
Richard King (Chatham House)
Mirianna Budimir, Tamanna Rahman, Adama Dia (Practical Action)
As societies face increasingly complex and compounding risks, food systems around the world are becoming more vulnerable. This webinar will share key insights from the Citi Foundation-funded project “Early Warning, Early Action for Cascading Risks to Food Security (EWAC)”, led by Chatham House in collaboration with Practical Action.
The discussion will explore:
✅ Challenges and opportunities in integrating cascading risks into early warning systems
✅ Community-level perspectives from case studies in Bangladesh and Senegal
✅ Recommendations for strengthening anticipatory action to safeguard food security
Join us to learn how integrated early warning systems can save lives and protect livelihoods.