Month: September 2022

Communicating and financing responses to future risks

Jon Gascoigne shares with us his thoughts on communicating and financing responses to future risks in the twelfth blog in this series based on the IGDC/YESI Webinar event ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene.’ Jon Gascoigne’s work includes technical assistance for international disaster risk finance schemes and evidence and learning around climate risk. … Continue reading Communicating and financing responses to future risks

Emergency framing for climate, environment and livelihoods

Lindsay Stringer shares with us her thoughts on emergency framing for climate, environment and livelihoods in the eleventh blog in this series based on the IGDC/YESI Webinar event ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene.’ Lindsay’s research focuses on human-environment relationships, particularly the links between livelihoods and environmental change, and the practical and policy … Continue reading Emergency framing for climate, environment and livelihoods

Human rights in emergency response

Deisy Ventura shares with us her experiences of human rights in emergency response in the tenth blog in this series based on the IGDC/YESI Webinar event ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene.’ Deisy Ventura’s research focuses on the human rights situation during international health emergencies. Deisy joined us in this webinar to discuss … Continue reading Human rights in emergency response

Policy and emergency responses

Gale Rigobert shares with us her thoughts on policy and emergency responses in the ninth blog in this series based on the IGDC/YESI Webinar event ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene.’ Gale Rigobert specialises in International Relations and political leadership and representation. Gale joined us in this webinar to discuss her thoughts and … Continue reading Policy and emergency responses

Empirical experiences of communicating risk and response

Renzo Taddei shares with us his empirical experiences of communicating risk and response in the eighth blog in this series based on the IGDC/YESI Webinar event ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene.’ Renzo Taddei’s research focuses on the socio-cultural dimensions of how humans relate to the atmosphere. Renzo joined us in this webinar … Continue reading Empirical experiences of communicating risk and response

Agricultural child labour: A persistent global issue seemingly immune to eradication attempts

With recent estimates reporting an increase in instances of child labour, IGDC PhD Researcher Charlotte Bagshaw explores in this blog whether, more than twenty years on, are we any further forward to eliminating child labour from agricultural production? Child labour is not a social issue confined to the history books, and it currently affects the … Continue reading Agricultural child labour: A persistent global issue seemingly immune to eradication attempts

Humanitarian crises and responses to environmental hazards

Claudia Milena Adler shares with us her empirical experiences of humanitarian crises and responses to environmental hazards in the seventh blog in this series based on the IGDC/YESI Webinar event ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene.’ Claudia Milena Adler collaborates with community initiatives on education, empowerment, climate change, and development. Claudia joined us … Continue reading Humanitarian crises and responses to environmental hazards