|
AAAA
|
Addis Ababa Action Agenda
|
|
AADMER
|
ASEAN Agreement on Disaster and Emergency Management
|
|
AAL
|
average annual loss
|
|
ADB
|
Asian Development Bank
|
|
ADPC
|
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
|
|
AIDS
|
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
|
|
AMCDRR
|
Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
|
|
AMR
|
antimicrobial resistance
|
|
APEC
|
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
|
|
APP
|
Asian Preparedness Partnership
|
|
ASEAN
|
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
|
|
AU
|
African Union
|
|
CAR
|
Central African Republic
|
|
CASC
|
Central Asia and South Caucasus
|
|
CCA
|
climate change adaptation
|
|
CCRIF
|
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility
|
|
CDEMA
|
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
|
|
CDM
|
comprehensive disaster management
|
|
CRPT
|
City Resilience Profiling Tool
|
|
DAC
|
Development Assistance Committee
|
|
DiD
|
defence in depth
|
|
DINA
|
drought impact needs assessment
|
|
DMCP
|
disaster management and contingency plan
|
|
DRM
|
disaster risk management
|
|
DRR
|
disaster risk reduction
|
|
DRRM
|
disaster risk reduction and management
|
|
EC
|
European Commission
|
|
ECLAC
|
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
|
|
ECOWAS
|
Economic Community of West African States
|
|
EEA
|
European Economic Area
|
|
EFFIS
|
European Forest Fire Information System
|
|
EM-DAT
|
Emergency Events Database
|
|
EO
|
Earth observation
|
|
ESA
|
European Space Agency
|
|
ESCAP
|
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
|
|
EU
|
European Union
|
|
Euratom
|
European Atomic Energy Community
|
|
EWEA
|
Early Warning Early Action
|
|
EWS
|
early warning system
|
|
FAIR
|
findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable
|
|
FAO
|
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
|
|
FDES
|
Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics
|
|
FEMA
|
Federal Emergency Management Agency
|
|
FEWSNet
|
Famine Early Warning System Network
|
|
FRDP
|
Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific
|
|
GAR
|
Global Assessment Report
|
|
GBD
|
global burden of disease
|
|
GBV
|
gender-based violence
|
|
GCF
|
Green Climate Fund
|
|
GDP
|
gross domestic product
|
|
GDPPC
|
gross domestic product per capita
|
|
GEM
|
Global Earthquake Model
|
|
GEO
|
Group on Earth Observations
|
|
GEOSS
|
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
|
|
GFDRR
|
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
|
|
GFP
|
Global Flood Partnership
|
|
GHG
|
greenhouse gas
|
|
GIS
|
geographic information system
|
|
GISRS
|
Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System
|
|
GPS
|
global positioning system
|
|
GRAF
|
Global Risk Assessment Framework
|
|
GSHAP
|
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
|
|
GWIS
|
Global Wildfire Information System
|
|
GWP
|
Global Water Partnership
|
|
HFA
|
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters
|
|
HIV
|
human immunodeficiency virus
|
|
HLPF
|
High-Level Political Forum
|
|
IACRNE
|
Inter-Agency Committee on Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies
|
|
IAEA
|
International Atomic Energy Agency
|
|
IAEG-SDG
|
Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators
|
|
IAP
|
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Asia Partnership
|
|
IDDRSI
|
Intergovernmental Authority on Development Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative
|
|
IDMC
|
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
|
|
IDNDR
|
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
|
|
IDP
|
internally displaced person
|
|
IEAG
|
Independent Expert Advisory Group
|
|
IFRC
|
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
|
|
IGAD
|
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
|
|
IHR
|
International Health Regulation
|
|
INES
|
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
|
|
INSAG
|
International Nuclear Safety Group
|
|
IPC
|
infection prevention and control
|
|
IPCC
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
|
|
IPCC SR1.5
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report Global Warming of 1.5°C
|
|
IRDR
|
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
|
|
IRGC
|
International Risk Governance Council
|
|
ISDR
|
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
|
|
ISIC
|
International Standard Industrial Classification
|
|
ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
|
|
IT
|
information technology
|
|
IWRM
|
integrated water resources management
|
|
JNAP
|
joint national action plan
|
|
JRC
|
Joint Research Centre
|
|
KJIP
|
Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan
|
|
LAS
|
League of Arab States
|
|
LPG
|
liquefied petroleum gas
|
|
MBBF
|
multiple breadbasket failure
|
|
MCR
|
Making Cities Resilient
|
|
MERCOSUR
|
Southern Common Market (South America)
|
|
MERS
|
Middle East respiratory syndrome
|
|
MHEWS
|
multi-hazard early warning system
|
|
MMLM
|
Multiscalar Method for Landslide Mitigation
|
|
MSME
|
micro, small and medium enterprise
|
|
NAP
|
national adaptation plan
|
|
NAPA
|
national adaptation plan of action
|
|
NAP-SDG iFrame
|
National Adaptation Plans and Sustainable Development Goals Integrative Framework
|
|
NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
|
NATECH
|
natural hazards triggering technological disasters
|
|
NDC
|
nationally determined contribution (under the Paris Agreement)
|
|
NDMO
|
national disaster management organization
|
|
NEA
|
Nuclear Energy Agency
|
|
NGO
|
non-governmental organization
|
|
NIDIS
|
National Integrated Drought Information System
|
|
NOAA
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|
|
NSDRR
|
National Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
|
|
NSO
|
national statistical office
|
|
NUA
|
New Urban Agenda
|
|
OCHA
|
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|
|
ODA
|
official development assistance
|
|
OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
|
|
OIEWG
|
Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Working Group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction
|
|
PCGIR
|
Central American Policy for Integrated Disaster Risk Management
|
|
PCRAFI
|
Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative
|
|
PDCA
|
plan–do–check–act
|
|
PDNA
|
post disaster needs assessment
|
|
PDRF
|
Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation
|
|
PML
|
probable maximum loss
|
|
PTHA
|
probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment
|
|
PTRA
|
probabilistic tsunami risk assessment
|
|
REC
|
Regional Economic Commission
|
|
RICCAR
|
Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region
|
|
RSBR
|
risk-sensitive budget review
|
|
SAARC
|
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
|
|
SADC
|
Southern African Development Community
|
|
SARS
|
severe acute respiratory syndrome
|
|
SDG
|
Sustainable Development Goal
|
|
Sendai Framework
|
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
|
|
SFM
|
Sendai Framework Monitor
|
|
SICA
|
Central American Integration System
|
|
SIDS
|
small island developing States
|
|
SME
|
small and medium enterprise
|
|
SPEI
|
standardized precipitation-evapotranspiration index
|
|
SPI
|
standardized precipitation index
|
|
SPREP
|
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
|
|
TB
|
tuberculosis
|
|
TMF
|
tailings management facility
|
|
2030 Agenda
|
Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
|
|
UN DESA
|
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
|
|
UNDP
|
United Nations Development Programme
|
|
UNECE
|
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
|
|
UNEP
|
United Nations Environment Programme
|
|
UNESCO
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
|
|
UNFCCC
|
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
|
|
UN-GGIM
|
United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
|
|
UN-Habitat
|
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
|
|
UNHCR
|
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
|
UNISDR
|
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
|
|
UNSCEAR
|
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
|
|
USAID
|
United States Agency for International Development
|
|
VCA
|
vulnerability and capacity assessment
|
|
VISUS
|
visual inspection for defining safety upgrading strategies
|
|
WASH
|
water, sanitation and hygiene
|
|
WASP
|
weighted anomaly of standardized precipitation
|
|
WCDRR
|
World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
|
|
WHO
|
World Health Organization
|
|
WMO
|
World Meteorological Organization
|
|
WUI
|
wildland urban interface
|
|
YDSI
|
yearly drought severity index
|
|
Yokohama Strategy
|
Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation
|
|
$
|
United States dollar
|
