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