
The Averted Disaster Award
The Averted Disaster Award is the premier recognition of successful disaster mitigation interventions that go unnoticed precisely because of their success. While the news often highlights catastrophes, they don’t focus on the buildings that stayed standing due to earthquake-resistant building codes, the wildfires avoided due to effective forest management, or the early-warning systems that saved lives in a typhoon. In the world of Disaster Risk Management (DRM), success means ‘nothing happens’ and as a result can cause policy makers and society at large to undervalue the importance of proactive intervention. The Averted Disaster Award sheds light on successes in DRM and ‘what might have been’ to recognize the outstanding work of those who invest in measures that keep our communities and world safe.
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Apply for the 2024 Averted Disaster Award
The nomination period for the 2024 Averted Disaster Award is now open!
Applications are due January 12, 2024. Apply Here
Congratulations to the 2023 Averted Disaster Award Winners!
The 2023 Averted Disaster Award winners were announced at the 11th Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action in Berlin, Germany on October 12, 2023. Please read the Press release on Winning Entries here.
We are proud to present the documentary “Living Without Fear”, a short film about the 2023 Averted Disaster Award winner, Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications for their efforts in landslide monitoring and early warning in Munnar, Western Ghats and Sikkim Himalayas.
Winner
Amrita Center for Wireless Networks & Applications
“Building a Resilient Community by Integrating Technology and Social Science for Disaster Early Warning”
Runner-up
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), Pakistan
“Community-based Avalanche Monitoring and Risk Reduction”
Special Recognition for Disaster Risk Communication
BBC Media Action
“East Africa Weather Wise – Media and Communication for Climate Action”
Prepared International (PPI)
“Disaster Risk Diplomacy between Jordan, Israel and Palestine”
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