Post by Damien Delforge

Research Associate at UCLouvain | ADSCIAN Co-founder & Associate

🎓 Our paper on the #EMDAT Emergency Events Database has been selected for the IJDRR Editors’ Choice Collection! 🔎 If you are curious about EM-DAT, the paper provides a clear, timely account of EM-DAT’s structure, data collection, validation, and historical evolution, while addressing its strengths, inconsistencies, and biases—essential guidance for robust research and policy. (Link in the comments 👇). 🙏 We are grateful for this recognition of our contribution to more informed disaster risk reduction through #LossAndDamage #Disaster data collection. 🔗 Explore the full selection of articles here: https://lnkd.in/e7zeYm9h CRED - Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Valentin Wathelet Regina Below Cinzia Lanfredi sofia Margo Tonnelier Joris van Loenhout Niko Speybroeck