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Abbreviations <strong>and</strong> acronyms<br />

Table 8.1<br />

Abbreviations <strong>and</strong> acronyms (except research projects) (cont.)<br />

Acronym or Name Reference (*)<br />

abbreviation<br />

TAR IPCC Third Assessment Report https://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/vol4/<br />

english<br />

TBE Tick-borne encephalitis<br />

TCI<br />

Tourism climate <strong>in</strong>dex<br />

TED Total Economy Database https://www.conference-board.org/data/<br />

economydatabase<br />

TEU<br />

Twenty-foot equivalent<br />

TIMES The Integrated MARKAL-EFOM System model http://ledsgp.org/resource/the-<strong>in</strong>tegratedmarkal-efom-system-model/?loclang=en_gb<br />

Twh<br />

Terawatt-hours<br />

Tx x<br />

Annual maximum value of daily maximum temperature<br />

UHI<br />

Urban heat isl<strong>and</strong><br />

UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for <strong>Europe</strong> http://www.unece.org<br />

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unep.org<br />

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on <strong>Climate</strong> Change http://unfccc.<strong>in</strong>t<br />

UNISDR United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction http://www.unisdr.org<br />

VBORNET<br />

<strong>Europe</strong>an Network for Arthropod Vector Surveillance for http://www.vbornet.eu<br />

Human Public Health<br />

W/m 2<br />

Watts per square metre<br />

WAIS<br />

West Antarctic Ice Sheet<br />

WCDRR World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction http://www.wcdrr.org<br />

WEF World Economic Forum https://www.weforum.org<br />

WEO World Economic Outlook of the IMF http://www.imf.org/external/ns/<br />

cs.aspx?id=28<br />

WHO World Health Organization http://www.who.<strong>in</strong>t<br />

WMO World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.<strong>in</strong>t<br />

WNV<br />

West Nile virus (disease-caus<strong>in</strong>g agent)<br />

Note:<br />

(*) No references are provided for technical terms.<br />

<strong>Climate</strong> <strong>change</strong>, <strong>impacts</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>vulnerability</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> <strong>2016</strong> | An <strong>in</strong>dicator-based report<br />

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