New UN database to help countries tap climate 'loss and damage' fund
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Given the limitations of current databases, UNDRR is collaborating with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Development Programme to create a new global "disaster losses and damages" tracking system.
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EM-DAT only gathers national data on lives lost and numbers of people affected, whereas DesInventar allows governments to record data down to district or sub-district level and also captures economic losses and infrastructure disruptions.
The new global database aims to address limitations such as the inability to link DesInventar with other systems, differing government definitions of hazards that make cross-border comparison difficult, and a lack of specific data on vulnerable groups, said Animesh Kumar, head of the UNDRR office in Bonn.
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Bharadwaj of IIED emphasised that grassroots organisations should be involved in gathering disaster data so as to provide a comprehensive assessment of loss and damage that includes the impacts on the most vulnerable and marginalised social groups.
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