A letter to the Guardian

A few weeks ago, The Guardian published a video where its editor, Damian Carrington, explained why the expression “natural disasters” should be dropped from both the media and political discourse. Indeed there’s no such thing as a natural disaster and many organisations and researchers have been insisting on it for quite some time. However, the reasons provided by The Guardian are, in my view, inaccurate and, arguably, counterproductive. I wrote to Damian to express that. Here’s what I wrote that I believe clarifies why disasters are not natural.