A new report by IFRC and WWF shows that nature-based solutions could reduce the intensity of climate and weather-related hazards by a staggering 26%. Implementing nature-based solutions could save developing countries at least US $104 billion a year by 2030.

Mayyas' hypnotizing performance earned them @sofiavergara's #GoldenBuzzer and we couldn't be happier! ✨🤩 #AGT x.com/AGT/status/153…

Five years later… Teenage dreams do come true. Coldplay what a show! #ColdplayParis #MusicOfTheSpheresWorldTour

Sans action écologique ambitieuse, ce meme va ressortir chaque été.

Au magasin de Ben

“This tragedy marked one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in recent memory, yet the world has done nothing to find out why it happened. On the second anniversary of the blast, we are disheartened that people in #Lebanon 🇱🇧 still await justice." -- UN Special Procedures #BeirutBlast

Delighted to meet the 2022/23 class of #Chevening scholars from across 🇱🇧 Congratulations for being #ChosenForChevening to pursue Masters degrees at 🇬🇧's top universities, as well as the Clore Leadership Fellowship. Mabrouk! 👏

Representing Lebanon #IAmChevening #ChosenForChevening

The greatest single driver of disaster risk is weak governance and lack of political commitment to invest in disaster prevention. Good governance means good DRR strategy. #ItsAllAboutGovernance bit.ly/3k22hIA

Saw some pages of Emilie Gossiaux’s notebook. As she was going blind, she gave her Crayolas evocative names to remain able to create art. Ever since, I haven’t stopped thinking of the colours I associate with my fondest memories, favorite people or most treasured belongings

A Get-Together with HE Danny Faure, former president of the Seychelles, who discussed how personal experiences, values, and accountability were pivotal to the separation of powers and the rule of law. Big thanks to The Commonwealth for hosting us! #MyCheveningJourney

Just received this video from Lebanese Red Cross rescuing people in the snowy conditions in #Turkiye in partnership with Türk Kızılay International. Amazing to still see people being #rescued from under the rubble! Please donate to British Red Cross 🧡 appeal to support. #lebanon #turkey #syria

Congratulations to the winners of this year's best MSc poster! Will Nolan: “Using observed earthquake damage to estimate building code non-compliance in Turkey.” Racha Doumit: “Reimaging the Beirut blast: a counterfactual analysis to assess Disaster Risk Management policies.”

Traffic in Edinburgh

On the 3rd anniversary of the 2020 #BeirutExplosion, the #IRDR #blog features a moving piece from master's student Racha Doumit. Read "Beirut Blast: from trauma to purpose" here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/irdr/2023/08/0…

US vetoes Security Council resolution that would have called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to millions in Gaza Favor: 12 (Albania, Brazil, China, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland,UAE) Against: 1 (US) Abstain: 2 Russia, UK

👏Congratulations to recent MSc student Racha Doumit for winning the UCL MAPS 2023 Postgraduate (MSc) Innovation & Enterprise Competition with "Reimagining the #Beirut blast, a counterfactual analysis assessing disaster risk management (DRM) policies". ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-p…

Rebuilding futures in Malakal, #SouthSudan! IOM & UNHCR South Sudan, with EU in South Sudan support, handed over a fully rehabilitated vocational training centre & primary school – expanding access to employment & education for displaced communities. Read👉bit.ly/40RQQLe