UCL Warning Research Centre
The UCL WRC is unique in bringing together global expertise to explore the role of warnings in managing vulnerabilities, hazards, threats, risks, and disasters.
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- Join @UCLWRC to launch the world’s first publicly available warning database, with a demo followed by a Q&A session. Date: 04 March 2026, 15:00 – 16:00 Format: Hybrid - online and in person at UCL Campus Book your free place here: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
- Value Yes, Chain No: Warnings Beyond Linearity: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/warning-rese...
- Building capacities for the next generation of tsunami and coastal-hazard warning systems - In 2025, the IOC Tsunami Ready Programme marked significant progress in strengthening coastal-hazard preparedness worldwide see: www.ioc.unesco.org/en/building-... @unesco.org
- Strengthening Early Warning Systems for All: Evidence & lessons from last-mile communities by Global Disaster Preparedness Center that reviews 15 studies across 14 countries as to why early warnings often fail to translate into timely protective action @ifrc.org www.preventionweb.net/publication/...
- Lost in translation: How Sri Lanka’s Tamils face repeated disaster warning failures: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)
- Wonderful report by @IIED 'Climate resilience through social protection: the economic case for early action'. Taking early action through social protection programmes is more cost-effective than post-disaster responses & can be socially transformative www.iied.org/22668iied
- Rethinking impact-based forecasts and warnings (IbFW) for multi-risks. "IbFW systems requires interdisciplinary collaboration, improved modelling, more impact data and clearer terminology". www.preventionweb.net/quick/99281
- As you may notice, our branding has changed! 2026 marks a major milestone for UCL - 200 years since we were founded as the first university in London, and we have a new look to celebrate. See more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brand-and-ex...
- Now published - Global Status of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems 2025 Target G by @UNDRR www.undrr.org/reports/glob...
- From delivery to transformation: Scaling CREWS’ impact to 2030 at COP30 in Belém, Brazil www.preventionweb.net/publication/...
- The role of artificial intelligence for early warning systems: Status, applicability, guardrails, and ways forward - article published in iScience www.preventionweb.net/quick/98365
- No one left behind: Adding volcanoes to Early Warnings for All by Dr Charles Balagizi www.preventionweb.net/quick/97828
- Integrating local, indigenous, and traditional knowledge into early warning systems for climate resilience by @StartNetwork www.preventionweb.net/quick/98128
- Fiji launches $29.5M early warning project: Early Warning for All project ensures remote and vulnerable communities receive timely alerts for cyclones, floods, and droughts. fijisun.com.fj/news/nation/...
- Just 2 weeks to go until our next event! Join us online as we launch Santiago Zabala's latest book 'Signs from the Future: A philosophy of warnings'. 📅 26 November, 3.00PM GMT 💻 Online/Zoom - join from wherever you are in the world! ✏️ Book your free place now: www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
- How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...
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- Wildfire displacement is on the rise: 2025 sends a clear warning www.internal-displacement.org/expert-analy...
- Strengthening early warning systems for anticipatory action - SEWAA project: Mid term achievements docs.wfp.org/api/document...
- The technology dividend: Empowering and protecting communities through early warnings: www.undp.org/geneva/blog/...
- Why heat warnings need to get more local dialogue.earth/en/climate/w...
- Multi-hazard early warning systems for anticipatory action: how to make these a reality www.anticipation-hub.org/news/multi-h...
- Scaling Early Warnings for All, by all: Advisory Panel calls for accelerated action www.preventionweb.net/news/scaling...
- Early warnings coverage, determinants of reception, and benefits: what surveys can tell us www.preventionweb.net/publication/...
- Anticipatory action in the Pacific by @UNDRR www.preventionweb.net/media/112239...
- G20 Declaration supports Early Warnings for All wmo.int/media/news/g...
- Hurricane Melissa is a warning – why violent storms are increasingly catching the world off guard theconversation.com/hurricane-me...
- Proposing a community-led digital early-warning system: integrating climate resilience with protection programming in South Asia odihpn.org/en/publicati...
- Anticipatory action in the Pacific by @UNDRR www.preventionweb.net/media/111972...
- How climate information and early warning systems protect lives and economies climatepromise.undp.org/ciews
- Early warning and early action in Fiji by @UNDRR www.preventionweb.net/media/111975...
- Early warning and early action in Kiribati by @undrr www.preventionweb.net/media/111978...
- Early warning and early action in Samoa by @UNDRR www.preventionweb.net/media/111981...
- Designing effective flood early warning systems: a review of barriers, best practices, and key characteristics in the Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley) www.preventionweb.net/publication/...
- Early warning and early action in Solomon Islands: www.preventionweb.net/media/111984...
- Flood early warning systems in the White Volta Basin, Ghana: challenges and opportunities: www.preventionweb.net/publication/...
- Framework for early warning of animal health threats by @FAO. This framework lays out the technical objectives and the structural and institutional set-up for the operationalization and management of EWS against infectious animal diseases openknowledge.fao.org/items/255461...
- How climate information and early warning systems protect lives and economies climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-sto...
- G20 Declaration supports Early Warnings for All wmo.int/media/news/g...
- "Universal early warning systems are not just a technical solution – they are a matter of equity, resilience and human rights." Paola Albrito, Director, UNDRR wmo.int/media/magazi... #warningsmatter
- Brilliant article 'Early Warnings for All – What Does Success Look Like?' by John Harding and Yi Wang of the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Secretariat wmo.int/media/magazi...
- Upcoming Event: Signs from the Future. A Philosophy of Warnings’ with Prof Santiago Zabala ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Spain. ⏰ 26 Nov 2025, 15:00 – 16:3 UK time 💻 Online Event ℹ️ Join us online for the book launch www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
- Event: Warnings for Mental Health During Climatic Extremes 🧠 ☁️ ⏰ 29th October 15:00–17:00 in person & online ℹ️ Launch of the world’s first mental health index by Rhiannon Hawkins, with panellists Virginia Murray, Emma Lawrance, & Tilly Alcayna 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
- Today is International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Fund Resilience, Not Disasters. It is time to work across silos & with expertise in the financial & insurance markets to think more creatively about how this can be done. #ResiliencePays #DRRday iddrr.undrr.org
- Take a look at the latest addition to our Warning Briefing Note series titled 'Enhancing Early Warning Systems for Nuclear Plant Water Contamination' by Yungi Jiang from @uofglasgow.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
- ‘The river warns us, the government ignores us’ - Early flood warnings offer scant relief, as families in north Bihar's floodplains are left stranded every year-without evacuation plans or adequate relief camps ruralindiaonline.org/article/the-...
- Why Bihar still sees high lightning deaths despite warnings: www.groundreport.in/extreme-weat...
- Leveraging WhatsApp to increase disaster preparedness in Malawi: increasing disaster preparedness and response through the timely sharing of early warning messages and weather forecasts via a WhatsApp group: www.concern.net/knowledge-hu...
- Upgrading tsunami warning systems for faster and more accurate alerts - the potential for using gravitational perturbations generated by the mass movement of the earthquake that travel at the speed of light as warnings temblor.net/earthquake-i...
- Turning mobile networks into lifelines: Early Warnings for All reaches more countries in 2025 www.itu.int/itu-d/sites/... @ITU
- Fiber optic cables could act as early warning system for geohazards, especially sinkholes, study finds www.psu.edu/news/earth-a...
