The rise in reported disasters since the 1980s may not accurately reflect an increase in actual events, as EM-DAT highlights its limitations in data.
High-quality data is essential for understanding disaster trends, including human and economic impacts, resilience, and the effects of climate change over time.
Although organizations like the UN use EM-DAT for disaster records, it's important to recognize the biases and limitations inherent in such databases to avoid misleading conclusions.
Despite EM-DAT being a primary data source for global disasters, its documentation points out issues with reporting accuracy and completeness that must be understood.
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