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Acronyms
ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CCRI Climate Change Research Initiative
CCSP U.S. Climate Change Science Program
CENR Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
CIAP Climatic Impact Assessment Program
EESC Effective equivalent stratospheric chlorine
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FACA Federal Advisory Committee Act
FCCSET Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
GBA Global Biodiversity Assessment
GCM General circulation model
GCRA Global Change Research Act
GCRP Global Change Research Program
GEA Global Environmental Assessment
IASC International Arctic Science Committee
IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IWG Interagency Working Group
MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
MSU Microwave Sounding Unit
NACCI National Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAST National Assessment Synthesis Team
NGOs Nongovernmental organizations
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC National Research Council
NSTC National Science and Technology Committee
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
OTA Office of Technology Assessment
TEAP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel
UN United Nations
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UV Ultraviolet
WG Working Group
WMO World Meteorological Organization