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  • Natural disasters

    Damage to nature from natural causes, natural disasters.

    → Natural disasters
    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    APFM

    Associated Program on Flood Management

    In English

    CATTEL

    Catastrophes Telluriques et Tsunami

    In French

    CDEMA
    Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (https://www.cdema.org/)

    The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is a regional inter-governmental agency for disaster management in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was established as CDERA (Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency) so as to coordinate emergency response and relief efforts to participating states.

    In English

    CDERA

    Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency

    In English

    CDM
    Comprehensive Disaster Management

    Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) is an integrated and proactive approach to disaster management which reduces the risk and loss associated with natural and technological hazards and the effects of climate change while enhancing sustainable development.

    In English

    CDMP

    Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project

    In English

    CEPREDENAC
    Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central

    = CEPREDENAC | Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central | In Portuguese

    In Spanish

    CEPREDENAC
    Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central

    = CEPREDENAC (see above)

    In Portuguese

    CGSESE
    Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l’Europe du Sud-Est

    = DMCSEE | Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe | In English

    In French

    CIRDN
    Comité Interamericano para la Reducción de los Desastres Naturales

    = IACNDR | Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction | In English
    = CIRDN | Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais | In Portuguese

    In Spanish

    CIRDN
    Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais

    = IACNDR (see above)

    In Portuguese

    CONASUR

    Conseil National de Secours, d’Urgence et de Réhabilitation (www.conasur.gov.bf)

    In French

    DMCSEE
    Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe

    = CGSESE, DMCSEE (see above)

    In English

    DPRI

    Disaster Prevention Research Institute (https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/)

    In English

    EXCIFF

    European Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting

    In English

    FEMA

    Federal Emergency Management Agency (https://www.fema.gov/)

    In English

    IACNDR
    Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction

    = CIRDN, IACNDR (see above)

    In English

    IFM

    Integrated Flood Management

    In English

    NHC

    National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)

    In English

    NHESS

    Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

    In English

    OKUNHK
    Oficejo de la Kunordiganto de la Unuiĝintaj Nacioj por Helpo kaze de Katastrofo

    = UNDRO | Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator | In English

    In Esperanto

    SWEAT

    Severe WEAther Threat

    In English

    UNDRO
    Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

    = OKUNHK, UNDRO (see above)

    The abbreviation UNDRO (Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).

    In English