Risk know-how

Meet risk practitioner Emmanuel Adinya, they’re helping refugees from Myanmar to navigate living in a challenging and risky environment. Understand their perspective on the importance of Risk know-how by visiting our website.👇

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You can find more information about our global community of risk practitioners here ➡️https://riskknowhow.org/risk-know-how-around-the-world/

For this #DrowningPrevention day, the world is telling stories of changemakers who are helping to save lives. Read the testimonies of our Risk know-how practitioners who provide vital water safety education to understand their perspective on effective risk communication.

Good communication is always a challenge — doing it during a crisis takes it to the next level. Last week, @mc-climent.bsky.social shared lessons from real emergencies at @ucm.es summer courses.

Read her key takeaways & our work on risk comms ➡️ riskknowhow.org/growing-dema...

It would've informed the owners of 10 million phones a 35-second warning 'take action' in the most affected areas, and informed 67 million people to 'be aware' in the region.

After initial tweaks, the team tested the algorithm on data from the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake and would've clarified the scope of the risk, tailored to affected populations.

Google alerts offer quick, cheap earthquake warnings In 3 years, system embedded in Android phones sent warnings to millions of users in 98 countries

🧵Take a look at this piece published in @science.org where Android technology is being used to develop an earthquake warning system. It aims to supplement existing detection networks and help residents in countries that might lack traditional seismic networks.

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Beyond average temperatures This resource explains what important information is hidden when we only communicate average temperatures in climate discussions. Discover how we can understand large datasets and find the critical in...

While averages are useful to provide a quick summary of the dataset, they might hide information about the spread, range, and outliers of the data. Discover information you can look at to guide decisions about temperatures here riskknowhow.org/make-sense-o...

‪On 14 July, @metoffice.gov.uk published their ‘State of the UK climate’ report. Since the 80s the UK climate has been warming at a rate of approximately 0.25°C per decade, which might not seem like a lot, but temperature extremes have increased, becoming more frequent and more intense. 👇

All practitioners Every day, thousands of people all over the world are helping their communities to make sense of risk. Many are doing this with limited support or tools.But despite the different cultures and varied e...

Risk practitioners like Bambang help communities around the world navigate risk information to make informed decisions and trade-offs.

👉 Discover more of our risk practitioners here – tinyurl.com/42634epr

This is Bambang Hero Saharjo, risk practitioner & #MaddoxPrize winner. He’s traced peatland fire sources in court & helps communities understand the risks. He shows #RiskCommunication is more than facts—it’s about enabling change. Behaviour change needs support & alternatives.

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Today is #DayOfTheSeafarer 🌊

We’re recognising Ben Bailey, Director of Programme at
The Mission to Seafarers and one of our risk practitioners around the globe.

💬Ben’s work reminds us: risk communication must be culturally aware and context-specific.

#RiskCommunication #Risk #Seafarer

“How do we inform and empower people, rather than direct them? Practitioners shouldn't just be user testers, but bring them in from the start.” -David Schley
@senseaboutsci.bsky.social

"It’s about getting people to connect. Make a difference in how people feel and connect them to the risks.” –
@laramani14.bsky.social @cser.bsky.social
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🗣️Here’s what some of our panellists had to say:

"[We need to] get experts to take the public seriously. To get the community to define the problem." – Olivia Jensen, NUS-IPUR 👇

🧵Risk practitioners must be at the heart of #RiskCommunication.

Insights from the Joining Forces panel at #ESREL SRA-E make a compelling case.
🔹They have system knowledge, key to responding quickly in a crisis;
🔹Communicate risk where people are
🔹They have #RiskKnowHow

@lr-foundation.bsky.social

Last night we brought together risk communicators at the Society for Risk Analysis conference in Stavanger, Norway, to launch a new network, 'Joining Forces'. It aims to bring together the risk comms community working across domains & sectors to build a community and share best practice.

The community raised key challenges and barriers to knowledge exchange and the need for better coordination.

#RiskCommunication

🧵Bringing risk communicators together at #ESREL SRA-E to discuss the need for a global network like Joining Forces — a space for sharing knowledge and experiences in communicating risk to both the public and decision-makers.

@lr-foundation.bsky.social @laramani14.bsky.social

🔵Apply settings to a variety of situations - from humanitarian responses to AI and cyber threats
🔵Strengthen collaboration and work across silos and geographic regions

🔵 Ensure that communities’ needs and perspectives are reflected in decision-making and global governance about risks
🔵Understand and communicate uncertainty in practical

On image: Leonard Lee, Leonor Sierra, Lara Mani and Sameh ElBadry

🧵 What does it take to support better decisions on complex, interconnected risks?

At #CurrentsOfChange by ASRA, we joined global experts to explore how to address systemic risks more effectively. A few highlights from the conversation 👇

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Our Joining Forces network is open to all individuals and organisations passionate about improving global #RiskCommunication.

Join us to participate and shape the agenda.

Get in touch to get involved.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/59369v5m

#ESREL2025

@lr-foundation.bsky.social

Want to learn about our #RiskComm workbook or the new Joining Forces network for academics & practitioners in Risk communication with @lr-foundation.bsky.social #IPUR @laramani14.bsky.social? Talk to @leonorsierra.bsky.social and Sam ElBadry at the #CurrentofChange symposium @asranetwork.org.

Poet Ben Okri on Becoming the Change kicks off the #CurrentsofChange conference @asranetwork.org. Looking forward to 2 days of learning from wide range of people & bringing that thinking to @Riskknowhow.bsky.social. About our responsibility on Earth: "we are here to transform and be transformed"

📢 We're building a global community to exchange knowledge on #RiskCommunication.

The #JoiningForces network will be inaugurated at #ESREL2025 in Norway, 15-19 June.

Get in touch to get involved.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/59369v5m

🤝🌍We're working with journalist Bernard Okebe in Kenya to enhance flood risk communication via weekly radio shows and community engagement in flood-prone areas.

🔗https://riskknowhow.org/supporting-flood-risk-communication-in-kenya/

#FloodAwareness #Kenya #CommunityResilience

💉🩺People should be empowered to ask questions about vaccines and make informed decisions about their health, but this doesn’t mean dismissing all the evidence or continuously raising the bar impossibly high.

🕵️‍♂️Scepticism is healthy. Cynicism isn’t.

#Vaccines #Evidence #AskQuestions #Health

There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for communicating risk, but there are evidence-informed strategies that can make a real difference. We’re proud to share these tools and contribute to improving how risk is communicated.

🧵 We're working to support better risk communication in policymaking.

Our team members @leonorsierra.bsky.social and Maricarmen Climént delivered two workshops for ministerial science advisers in the Spanish government, sparking rich discussions on how complex and vital risk communication is. 👇