EM-DAT - The international disaster database

$2.99M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	Universit Catholique de Louvain
Country	World
Start Date	Oct 04, 2020
End Date	Feb 20, 2024
Duration	1,234 days
Number of Grantees	23
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`216545-76`

Grant Description

EM-DAT contains data on the occurrence and impacts of over 26,000 mass disasters worldwide from 1900 to the present day.

The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, reinsurance companies, research institutes, and press agencies.

The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) distributes the data in open access for non-commercial use.