| AAIW |
Antarctic Intermediate Water |
| ACACIA |
A Concerted Action Towards A Comprehensive Climate Impacts and Adaptations
Assessment for the European Union
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| ADB |
Asian Development Bank
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| AGBM |
Ad Hoc Group on the Berline Mandate
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| A-O |
atmosphere-ocean |
| APSIM |
Agricultural Production Systems Simulator Model
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| ARMCANZ |
Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand
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| ART |
alternative risk transfer
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| BAPMoN |
Background Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring Network
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| BP |
before the present
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| CALM |
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring
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| CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy
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| CBA |
cost-benefit analysis
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| CBAA |
cost-benefit absent adaptation
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| CBWAF |
cost-benefit with adaptation foresight |
| CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
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| CCC |
Canadian Centre for Climate Prediction and Analysis
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| CCSI |
Climate Change Sustainability Index
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| CCSR |
Center for Climate System Research
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| CDM |
CDM Clean Development Mechanism |
| CDS |
Conventional Development Scenario |
| CEA |
cost-effectiveness analysis
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| CEE |
central and eastern Europe
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| CEI |
Climate Extremes Index
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| CFC |
chlorofluorocarbon
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| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States
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| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments
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| CPACC |
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change
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| CPU |
catch per unit
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| CPUE |
catch per unit effort |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
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| CV |
compensated variation |
| CVM |
contingent valuation method
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| DA |
decision analysis
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| DAF |
decision analytic framework
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| DALY |
disability-adjusted life year
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| DDC |
Data Distribution Centre
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| DES |
dietary energy supply
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| DOC |
dissolved organic carbon
|
| DSE |
development, sustainability, and equity
|
| DTR |
diurnal temperature range
|
| DWR |
Department of Water Resources
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| EAC |
East Australian Current
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| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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| EEE |
eastern equine encephalitis
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| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone
|
| EIA |
environmental impact assessment |
| EIP |
extrinsic incubation period
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| ELA |
equilibrium line altitude
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| ENSO |
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
|
| EPIC |
Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator
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| EU |
European Union
|
| EV |
equivalent variation |
| FACE |
Free-Air CO2 Enrichment
|
| FAIR |
Fair Access to Insurance Requirements
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| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization
|
| FAR |
First Assessment Report
|
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
| FEWS NET |
Famine Early Warning System Network
|
| GARP |
Global Atmospheric Research Program
|
| GBR |
Great Barrier Reef
|
| GCM |
general circulation model
|
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility
|
| GEWEX |
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
|
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
|
| GHG |
greenhouse gas
|
| GIS |
Geographic Information System
|
| GISS |
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
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| GLASOD |
Global Assessment of Human-Induced Soil Degradation
|
| GLSLB |
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin Project
|
| GNP |
gross national product
|
| GPP |
gross primary productivity
|
| GTNet-P |
Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost
|
| HAPEX |
Hydrologic Atmosphere Pilot Experiment
|
| HDI |
human development index
|
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus
|
| HMGP |
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
|
| HPS |
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
|
| HRI |
heat-related injury or illness
|
| IAI |
Inter-American Institute for Global Change
|
| IAM |
integrated assessment model |
| ICES |
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas
|
| ICLEI |
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
|
| ICZM |
integrated coastal zone management
|
| ICM |
integrated coastal management
|
| IDNDR |
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
|
| IFRC-RCS |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
|
| IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
| IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Programme
|
| IMAGE |
Integrated Model to Assess the Greenhouse Effect |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
|
| ISEW |
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
|
| ITCZ |
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone
|
| IWRM |
integrated water resources management
|
| JE |
Japanese encephalitis
|
| JI |
joint implementation
|
| JJA |
June, July, August
|
| JUA |
Joint Underwriting Association
|
| LAC |
La Crosse encephalitis
|
| LCC |
land-cover change
|
| LGM |
last glacial maximum
|
| LHB |
large-area herbivore biomass
|
| LUC |
land-use change
|
| MAP |
mean annual precipitation
|
| MBIS |
Mackenzie Basin Impact Study
|
| MEI |
morphoedaphic index
|
| MPI |
Max-Planck Institute
|
| MSF |
Médecins sans Frontières
|
| MSY |
maximum sustainable yield
|
| MSX |
multinucleated spore unknown |
| MVE |
Murray Valley encephalitis
|
| NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement
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| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NAST |
National Assessment Synthesis Team |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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| NBP |
net biome productivity
|
| NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research
|
| NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
|
| NEP |
net ecosystem productivity
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| NGO |
nongovernmental organization
|
| NH |
Northern Hemisphere
|
| NIES |
National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan)
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| NIWA |
New Zealand Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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| NPDO |
North Pacific Decadal Oscillation
|
| NPP |
net primary productivity
|
| NWFP |
non-wood forest products
|
| NSW |
New South Wales
|
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
|
| OMVS |
Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal
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| PACIS |
Pan-American Climate Information and Applications System
|
| PAN |
peroxyacetyl nitrate
|
| P/C |
property-casualty
|
| PCB |
polychlorinated biphenyl
|
| PDO |
Pacific Decadal Oscillation
|
| PDSI |
Palmer Drought Severity Index
|
| PE |
policy exercise
|
| PET |
potential evapotranspiration
|
| PG |
protection guaranteed
|
| PML |
probable maximum loss |
| PPP |
purchasing power parity
|
| PQLI |
physical quality of life index
|
| P-S-I-R |
pressure-state-impact-responses
|
| PSMSL |
Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level
|
| PTSD |
post-traumatic stress disorder
|
| RA |
risk assessment
|
| RCM |
regional climate model
|
| R&D |
research and development
|
| REWU |
Regional Early Warning Unit
|
| RICC |
Regional Impacts of Climate Change
|
| RMA |
Resource Management Act (New Zealand)
|
| RVF |
Rift Valley fever
|
| SADC |
Southern Africa Development Community
|
| SAMW |
sub-Antarctic mode water
|
| SAP |
structural adjustment program
|
| SAR |
Second Assessment Report
|
| SARP |
Simulation and System Analysis for Rice Production
|
| SCS |
strategic cyclical scaling
|
| SHV |
snowshoe hare virus
|
| SICA |
Central American Integration System
|
| SLE |
St. Louis encephalitis
|
| SO |
Southern Oscillation
|
| SOC |
soil organic carbon
|
| SOI |
Southern Oscillation Index
|
| SOM |
soil organic matter
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| SPC |
Secretariat of the Pacific Community
|
| SPCZ |
Southern Pacific Convergence Zone
|
| SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
|
| SRB |
Senegal River basin
|
| SRES |
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios
|
| SSA |
sub-Saharan Africa
|
| SST |
sea-surface temperature
|
| SWRCB |
State Water Resource Control Board
|
| TAR |
Third Assessment Report
|
| TBE |
tick-borne encephalitis
|
| TEM |
Terrestrial Ecosystem Model
|
| THC |
thermohaline circulation
|
| TNR |
Toronto-Niagara Region Study
|
| UKCIP |
United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme
|
| UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office
|
| UN |
United Nations
|
| UNCCD |
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
|
| UNCED |
UN Conference on Environment and Development
|
| UNCHS |
UN Center for Human Settlements
|
| UNCSD |
UN Commission for Sustainable Development
|
| UNDP |
UN Development Programme
|
| UNEP |
UN Environmental Programme
|
| UNFCCC |
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
|
| UN-OCHA |
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|
| USAID |
U.S. Agency for International Development
|
| UV |
ultraviolet |
| V&A |
vulnerability and adaptation
|
| VAM |
Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping
|
| VBD |
vector-borne disease
|
| VEE |
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
|
| VC |
vectorial capacity
|
| VOC |
volatile organic carbon
|
| VRA |
Volta River Authority
|
| WAIS |
West Antarctic ice sheet
|
| WAP |
western Antarctic peninsula |
| WCED |
World Commission on Environment and Development
|
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Programme
|
| WEE |
western equine encephalitis
|
| WFP |
World Food Program
|
| WGI |
Working Group I
|
| WGII |
Working Group II
|
| WGIII |
Working Group III
|
| WHO |
World Health Organization
|
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization
|
| WN |
West Nile
|
| WTA |
willingness to accept payment
|
| WTP |
willingness to pay
|
| WUE |
water-use efficiency |