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

I do not usually write posts that are calls to action. But sometimes, something important enough comes along that it would feel wrong to stay silent. This is one of those times. What is EM-DAT? EM-DAT, the Emergency Events Database, is the world’s most widely used and trusted global database for tracking natural and technological disasters. It has been maintained since 1988 by the Centre for…