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APPENDIX E
Acronyms and Initialisms
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAG Adaptation Assessment Guidebook
AIACC Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASFPM Association of State Floodplain Managers
BCA benefit-cost analysis
CCAP Center for Clean Air Policy
CIG Climate Impacts Group
CILA Comision Internaciónal de Límites y Aguas
CNRA California Natural Resources Agency
CO2 carbon dioxide
COAG Council of Australian Governments
COP Conference of the Parties
CRC U.S. Climate Resilient Communities
CZMA Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
DA decision analysis
DOT Department of Transportation
ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
GAO Government Accountability Office
GCM global climate model
GEF Global Environment Fund
GHG greenhouse gas
GYE Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
IAW Immediate Action Workgroup
IBWC U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission
ICLEI ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
LDCF Least Developed Countries Fund
LECZ low elevation coastal zone
MCA multicriteria analysis
MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
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A D A P T I N G T O T H E I M PA C T S O F C L I M AT E C H A N G E
MME multimodel ensemble
MPO metropolitan planning organization
NAPA National Adaptation Plan for Action
NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
NGA National Governors Association
NGO nongovernmental organization
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPCC New York Panel on Climate Change
NRC National Research Council
NROC Northeast Regional Ocean Council
NSF National Science Foundation
OFDA Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PDM Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
PPE perturbed physics ensemble
PWWS Philadelphia Hot Weather–Health Watch/Warning System
RISA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment
SAP Synthesis and Assessment Product
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
SERC State Emergency Response Commission
UKCIP United Kingdom Climate Impacts Program
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNEP United Nations Environmental Program
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WRE Wigley et al., 1996
