AO | Arctic Oscillation |
AR5 | Fifth Assessment Report |
CAPE | Convective Available Potential Energy |
CAT | catastrophic risk |
CBA | cost-benefit analysis or community-based adaptation |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CBDR | common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities |
CBO | community-based organization |
CCA | climate change adaptation |
CCRIF | Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility |
CCSP | Climate Change Science Program (US) |
CDD | Consecutive Dry Days |
CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
CEE | Centre for Environment Education |
CEI | Climate Extremes Index |
C-ERA-40 | Corrected ERA-40 reanalysis |
CFR | case fatality rate |
CH4 | methane |
CMIP3 | Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 3 |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
COP | Conference of the Parties |
CPP | cyclone preparedness program |
CRED | Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters |
CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
CSO | civil society organization |
CSR | corporate social responsibility |
DDI | Disaster Deficit Index |
DFID | Department for International Development (UK) |
DJF | December-January-February |
DRM | disaster risk management |
DRR | disaster risk reduction |
DRRM | disaster risk reduction management |
EbA | ecosystem-based adaptation |
EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EDI | Ethiopia Drought Index |
ELF | Emergency Liquidity Facility |
EM-DAT | Emergency Events Database |
ENSO | El Niño-Southern Oscillation |
ERA-40 | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts 40-year reanalysis |
EVT | extreme value theory |
EWS | early warning system |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
FONDEN | Fund for Natural Disasters |
GAR | Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction |
GCM | global climate model |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GEC | global environmental change |
GEF | Global Environment Facility |
GFCS | Global Framework on Climate Services |
GFDRR | Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery |
GHG | greenhouse gas |
GIS | geographic information system |
GLOF | glacial lake outburst flood |
GNCSODR | Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GSDI | Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
H2O | water |
HARS | Heat Action Response System |
HDI | Human Development Index |
HEP | hydroelectric power |
HFA | Hyogo Framework for Action |
HFC | hydrofluorocarbon |
HWDI | Heat Wave Duration Index |
HWS | Heat Warning System |
IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
IAM | integrated assessment model |
ICSU | International Council for Science |
ICT | information and communication technology |
ICZM | integrated coastal zone management |
IDMC | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
IDNDR | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction |
IDP | internally displaced person |
IDRL | International Disaster Response Law |
IHL | international humanitarian law |
IOD | Indian Ocean Dipole |
IPO | Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation |
IRDR | Integrated Research on Disaster Risk program |
ISSC | International Social Science Council |
ITCZ | Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone |
IWRM | integrated water resource management |
JJA | June-July-August |
LA RED | Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres en América Latina |
LDC | least-developed country |
LDCF | Least Developed Countries Fund |
LDRM | local disaster risk management |
LEED | Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design |
LIDAR | Light Detection and Ranging |
MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
MFI | micro-finance institution |
MJO | Madden-Julian Oscillation |
MLP | multi-level perspective |
MME | Multi-Model Ensemble (CMIP3) |
MOC | meridional overturning circulation |
MPBI | Indonesian Society for Disaster Management |
MSLP | mean sea level pressure |
N2O | nitrous oxide |
NAM | Northern Annular Mode |
NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
NAPA | National Adaptation Programme of Action |
NaTech | Natural Hazard Triggering a Technological Disaster |
NDMO | National Disaster Management Office |
NECJOGHA | Network of Climate Journalists of the Greater Horn of Africa |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NHC | National Hurricane Committee |
NIDM | National Disaster Management Institute |
NMHS | national meteorological and hydrological service |
NTR | non-tide residuals |
NU | Nunavut |
NWP | Nairobi Work Programme |
NWT | Northwest Territories |
O3 | ozone |
OCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
ODA | official development assistance |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OFDA | Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
OLR | outgoing longwave radiation |
PAR | pressure and release |
PDF | probability density function |
PDO | Pacific Decadal Oscillation |
PDSI | Palmer Drought Severity Index |
PESETA | Projection of Economic impacts of climate change in Sectors of the European Union based on boTtom-up Analysis |
PFC | perfluorocarbon |
PICs | Pacific Island Countries and Territories |
PNA | Pacific North American pattern |
POPs | persistent organic pollutants |
PPEA | Precipitation Potential Evaporation Anomaly |
PPP | public-private partnership |
Pr | precipitation |
PSNP | Productive Safety Net Programme |
PTSD | post-traumatic stress disorder |
PVI | Prevalent Vulnerability Index |
RAC | Regional Adaptation Collaborative |
RANET | RAdio and InterNET |
RCM | regional climate model |
REDD | reduced carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation |
REDD+ | reduced carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, maintaining/enhancing carbon stocks, and promoting sustainable forest management |
RMI | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
SAM | Southern Annular Mode |
SAMS | South American Monsoon System |
SCCF | Special Climate Change Fund |
SDLE | Prepare, Stay and Defend, or Leave Early |
SDMP | School Disaster Management Plans |
SECO | Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs |
SF6 | sulfur hexafluoride |
SHELDUS | Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for the United States |
SIDS | small island developing states |
SIS | small island states |
SMA | soil moisture anomaly |
SMEs | small- and medium-sized enterprises |
SOI | Southern Oscillation Index |
SPA | Strategic Priority 'Piloting an Operational Approach to Adaptation' |
SPEI | Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index |
SPI | Standard Precipitation Index |
SRES | Special Report on Emissions Scenarios |
SST | sea surface temperature |
SWH | significant wave height |
UN | United Nations |
UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNISDR | United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
WDSI | Warm Spell Duration Index |
WFP | World Food Programme |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
YT | Yukon Territory |