Acronyms and Abbreviations
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AIACC Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change
AOGCM atmosphere-ocean general circulation model
APF Adaptation Policy Framework
ARMA Atlas du Risque de la Malaria en Afrique
BCA benefit-cost analysis
CGE Consultative Group of Experts
CIESIN Center for International Earth Science Information Networks
COP Conference of the Parties
CWFS Centre for World Food Studies
DALY disability-adjusted life year
DDC Data Distribution Centre
DFID Department for International Development
DHI Danish Hydraulic Institute
DINAS-COAST Dynamic and Interactive Assessment of National, Regional, and Global Vulnerability of Coastal Zones to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise
DIVA Dynamic and Interactive Vulnerability Assessment
EASM Egyptian Agricultural Sectoral Model
ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EPIC Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
GCM general circulation model
GDP gross domestic product
GHG greenhouse gas
GIS geographical information systems
GLOSS Global Sea-Level Observing System
GNP gross national product
HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center
HMS Hydrologic Modeling System
IAMs integrated assessment models
IBSNAT International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer
ICASA International Consortium for Application of Systems Approaches to Agriculture
ICZM Integrated Coastal Zone Management
IGCI International Global Change Institute
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRI International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management
LEG Least Developed Countries Expert Group
MARA Mapping Malaria Risk in Africa
MIASMA Modeling Framework for the Health Impact Assessment of Man-Induced Atmospheric Changes
NAPAs National Adaptation Programmes of Action
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
RCM regional climate model
REMI Regional Economic Models Inc.
RIBASIM Hydraulics River Basin Simulation Model
SDSM Statistical DownScaling Model
SRES Special Report on Emission Scenarios
SUCROS Simple and Universal CROP Growth Simulator
SURVAS Synthesis and Upscaling of Sea Level Rise Vulnerability AssessmentStudies
SWAT Soil Water Assessment Tool
TAR Third Assessment Report
TGCIA Task Group on Scenarios for Climate and Impact Assessment
UKCIP United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USCSP U.S. Country Studies Program
U.S. EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
UV ultraviolet
V&A vulnerability and assessment
VARA Vulnerability and Response Assessment
WEAP21 Water Evaluation and Planning Version 21
WHO World Heath Organization
YLD years of life lived
YLL years of life lost
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