Abbreviations related to the theme ‘Natural disasters’
Damage to nature from natural causes, natural disasters.
- Code
-
Meaning
Language
Themes and places
- APFM
-
Associated Program on Flood Management
- CATTEL
-
Catastrophes Telluriques et Tsunami
- 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.
- CDERA
-
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
- 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.
- CDMP
-
Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
- 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
- CEPREDENAC
-
Centro de Coordenação para a Prevenção de Desastres Naturais na América Central
= CEPREDENAC (see above)
- CGSESE
-
Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l’Europe du Sud-Est
= DMCSEE | Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe | In English
- CIRDN
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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 - CIRDN
-
Comitê Interamericano sobre a Redução de Desastres Naturais
= IACNDR (see above)
- CONASUR
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Conseil National de Secours, d’Urgence et de Réhabilitation (www.conasur.gov.bf)
- DMCSEE
-
Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe
= CGSESE, DMCSEE (see above)
- DPRI
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Disaster Prevention Research Institute (https://www.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/)
- EXCIFF
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European Exchange Circle on Flood Forecasting
- FEMA
-
Federal Emergency Management Agency (https://www.fema.gov/)
- IACNDR
-
Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction
= CIRDN, IACNDR (see above)
- IFM
-
Integrated Flood Management
- NHC
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National Hurricane Center (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)
- NHESS
-
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
- 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
- SWEAT
-
Severe WEAther Threat
- UNDRO
-
Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator
The abbreviation UNDRO (Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator) includes the abbreviation UN (United Nations).
= OKUNHK, UNDRO (see above)