Declining air pollution and its effect on mortality: findings from East Germany after reunification • Tobias C. Vogt, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Differential vulnerability to natural disasters according to the IPCC Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) • Erich Striessnig, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU)

Social participation and disaster risk reduction behaviours: case study of tsunami-risk areas in southern Thailand • Nopphol Witvorapong, Chulalongkorn University ; Raya Muttarak, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Wiraporn Pothisiri, Chulalongkorn University

Droughts and gender bias in infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa • Martin Flatø, University of Oslo ; Andreas Kotsadam, University of Oslo

Examining the relationship between temperature, rainfall and low birth weight: evidence from 19 African countries • Kathryn Grace, University of Utah ; Frank Davenport, University of California, Santa Barbara ; Chris Funk, University of California, Santa Barbara