The #Trump defunding of #USAID could lead to the shutdown of EM-DAT, the world's largest database of natural and technological disasters, maintained by the #UCLouvain.
https://statsandr.com/blog/em-dat-the-world-s-disaster-memory-is-at-risk/
#Belgium #Data #DefendResearch #EMDAT #Funding #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Update. I just signed the open letter to save EM-DAT and hope you will too.
https://openletter.earth/the-worlds-collective-disaster-memory-must-be-preserved-66c88c44
"Without EM-DAT, the global community would lose a critical shared empirical foundation for assessing disaster impacts and trends. In an era of intensifying climate extremes, cascading risks, and compounding crises, reliable data are not a luxury. They are the infrastructure for informed decision-making."
#Belgium #Climate #Data #DefendResearch #EMDAT #Funding #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
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