petersuber14h ago

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

EM-DAT, the world's disaster memory, is at risk

EM-DAT, the global disaster database hosted by UCLouvain, faces a critical funding crisis. Learn why it matters and how to help.

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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

The World's collective disaster memory must be preserved

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