Acronyms and Links
| AGU | American Geophysical Union | www.agu.org | ||
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| AIACC | Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors | www.aiaccproject.org | ||
| AIMES | Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System | www.aimes.ucar.edu | ||
| APN | Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research | www.apn-gcr.org/en/indexe.html | ||
| AUSAID | Australian Agency for International Development | www.ausaid.gov.au |
| BMBF | Germany Ministry for Science and Education | www.bmbf.bund.de |
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| CACGP | Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution | croc.grfc.nasa.gov/cacgp/ | ||
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| CAN | Climate Action Network | www.climnet.org | ||
| CAS | Chinese Academy of Sciences | www.cas.ac.cn | ||
| CCAFS | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security | www.ccafs.cgiar.org | ||
| CEOP | Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period | www.ceop.net | ||
| CEOS | Committee on Earth Observation Satellites | www.ceos.org | ||
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency | www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index.html | ||
| CIRA | Center for Integrated Regional Assessment | cira.essc.psu.edu/index.html | ||
| CLIC | The Climate and Cryosphere Project | clic.npolar.no | ||
| CLIVAR | Climate Variability and Predictability | www.clivar.org | ||
| CPWC | Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate | www.waterandclimate.org | ||
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization | www.csiro.au |
| DIVERSITAS | An International Programme of Biodiversity Science | www.diversitas-international.org | ||
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| D4S | Germany + BRICS: Dialogue for Sustainability | www.dialogue4s.de/en/199.php |
| EC | European Commission | europa.eu | ||
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| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States | www.ecowas.int | ||
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency | www.epa.gov | ||
| ESF | European Science Foundation | www.esf.org | ||
| ETFRN | European Tropical Forest Research Network | www.etfrn.org/etfrn/ | ||
| ESSP | Earth System Science Partnership | www.essp.org |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization | www.fao.org |
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| GAIM | Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modelling | gaim.unh.edu | ||
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| GAW | GEWEX Asia Monsoon Experiment | gaw.web.psi.ch | ||
| GCOS | Global Climate Observation System | www.wmo.ch/web/gcos/gcoshome.html | ||
| GCP | Global Carbon Project | www.globalcarbonproject.org | ||
| GCRIO | US Global Change Research Information Office | gcrio.org | ||
| GECAFS | Global Environmental Change and Food Systems | www.gecafs.org | ||
| GECHS | Global Environmental Change and Human Security | www.gechs.org | ||
| GEF | Global Environment Facility | www.gefweb.org | ||
| GEO | Global Earth Observations | www.earthobservations.org/index.html | ||
| GEOSS | Global Earth Observation System of Systems | www.epa.gov/geoss/index.html | ||
| GEWEX | Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment | www.gewex.org/index.html | ||
| GFMC | Global Fire Monitoring Center | www.fire.uni-freiburg.de | ||
| GHG Online | GreenHouse Gas Online | www.ghgonline.org | ||
| GIWA | Global International Waters Assessment | www.giwa.net | ||
| GOFC-GOLD | Global Observation for Forest & Land Cover Dynamics | www.fao.org/gtos/gofc-gold/ | ||
| GLOBEC | Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics | www.globec.org | ||
| GLP | Global Land Project | www.globallandproject.org | ||
| GOOS | Global Ocean Observing System | www.ioc-goos.org | ||
| GTOS | Global Terrestrial Observing Systems | www.fao.org/GTOS/ | ||
| GWSP | Global Water System Project | www.gwsp.org |
| IAI | Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research | www.cics.uvic.ca/climate/research/iai.htm | ||
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| IAMAS | International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences | www.iamas.org | ||
| ICSU | International Council for Science | www.icsu.org | ||
| ICTP | International Center for Theoretical Physics | www.ictp.it | ||
| IGAC | International Global Atmospheric Chemistry | www.igac.noaa.gov | ||
| IGBP | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme | www.igbp.net | ||
| IGC | Institute for Global Communications | www.igc.org/igc/ | ||
| IGEC | Institute for Global Environmental Studies | www.nies.go.jp | ||
| IGFA | International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research | www.igfagcr.org | ||
| IGOS | The Integrated Global Observing Strategy | www.igospartners.org | ||
| IGU | International Geophysical Union | www.igu-net.org | ||
| IHDP | International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change | www.ihdp.org | ||
| IIASA | International Institute for Applied System Analysis | www.iiasa.ac.at | ||
| IOC | Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission | ioc.unesco.org/iocweb | ||
| IPCC | International Panel on Climate Change | www.ipcc.ch | ||
| IPY | International Polar Year | www.ipy.org | ||
| IRI | International Research Institute for Climate Prediction | iri.columbia.edu | ||
| IRRI | International Rice Research Institute | www.irri.org | ||
| ISTS | Initiative on Science and Technology for Sustainability | sustsci.harvard.edu/ists/ | ||
| IUBS | International Union of Biological Sciences | www.iubs.org | ||
| IUCN | The World Conservation Union | www.iucn.org |
| JGOFS | Joint Global Ocean Flux Study | www.uib.no/jgofs/jgofs.html |
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| LIPI | The Indonesian Institute of Science | www.lipi.go.id | ||
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| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone | www.nioz.nl/loicz/ | ||
| LUCC | Land Use Land Cover Change | www.geo.ucl.ac.be/LUCC/ |
| MAIRS | Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study | www.mairs-essp.org |
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| NASA | National Aeronautic and Space Administration | www.nasa.gov | ||
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| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | www.noaa.gov | ||
| NSF | National Science Foundation | www.nsf.gov |
| PAGES | Past Global Changes | www.pages.unibe.ch |
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| SCOPE | Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment | www.icsu-scope.org | ||
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| SCOR | Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research | www.jhu.edu/~scor/ | ||
| SOLAS | Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study | www.solas-int.org | ||
| START | global change SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training | www.start.org |
| TWAS | Third World Academy of Sciences | www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/index.html |
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| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | www.unesco.org | ||
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| UNFCCC | UN Framework Convention for Climate Change | www.unfccc.int |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Programme | wcrp.wmo.int | ||
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| WMO | World Meteorological Organization | www.wmo.int | ||
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund/World Wide Fund for Nature | www.wwf.org |
