Abbreviations and acronyms

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