EERiga

EERiga is a fictional international organization depicted in science fiction and speculative media. The name stands for Environmental Emergency Response and Integrated Geospatial Alliance, an acronym used across several works to describe a centralized body coordinating disaster response and geospatial data sharing.

In the fictional setting, EERiga coordinates rapid-response operations to ecological disasters, maintains a shared geospatial data infrastructure, and provides policy guidance to member states and partner organizations. It is portrayed as a hub that combines field deployment, remote sensing, and analytical forecasting to prioritize relief and mitigation efforts.

Origins and structure are described as emerging in the mid-21st century from a collaboration among researchers, humanitarian NGOs, and an informal intergovernmental framework. Its headquarters are depicted as located in Geneva, with a membership that includes a dozen states and several observer agencies. The organization is typically shown with a secretariat, an Executive Council, and three program divisions: Field Operations, Data and Analytics, and Policy and Outreach.

Operations and capabilities within the narratives include dispatching field teams to disaster zones, satellite and drone reconnaissance, and AI-driven models that forecast risk and optimize resource allocation. An open data portal is frequently highlighted as a core asset to support transparency and cross-institution coordination.

Reception in fiction varies; EERiga is used to explore themes of governance, data sovereignty, and the ethics of surveillance in relief work. Some authors critique its simplified political dynamics, while others laud its role in illustrating disaster risk reduction and interagency collaboration. Notable depicted missions include responses to fictional events such as the Arcadia hurricane and Atlas drought programs.