BMU — German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

CARICOM — Caribbean Community and Common Market

CARIWIN — Caribbean Water Initiative

CCCCC — Caribbean Community Climate Change Center

CCRIF — Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility

CDEMA — Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

CDERA — Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency

CDRT — Community Disaster Response Team

CDM — Comprehensive Disaster Management

CIMH — Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology

DIPECHO — Disaster Preparedness European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid

DRR — Disaster Risk Reduction

DVRP — Disaster Vulnerability Response Project

EBA — Ecosystem Based Adaptation

GDP — Gross Domestic Product

GIZ — Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GNI — Gross National Income

GPS — Grenada Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy

GRENLEC — Grenada Electricity Services Ltd.

H — Hurricane

HFA — Hyogo Framework for Action

HDI — Human Development Index

ICCAS — Integrated Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

ICI — International Climate Initiative

IFRC — International Federation of the Red Cross

IMF — International Monetary Fund

INSARAG — International Search and Rescue Advisory Group IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISDR — International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

LPP — Livelihood Protection Policy

NaDMA — National Disaster Management Agency

NADMAC — National Disaster Management Advisory Council

NADMO — National Disaster Management Organization

NAWASA — National Water and Sewerage Authority

NCCC — National Climate Change Committee

NERO — National Emergency Relief Organization

NDMP — National Disaster Management Plan

NDO — National Disaster Office

NGO — Non-Governmental Organisation

NHC — National Hurricane Centre

MARPOL — International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MCII — Munich Climate Insurance Initiative

MOU — Memorandum of Understanding

OAS — Organization of American States

OCHA — Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OECS — Organization of the Eastern Caribbean States

PPU — Physical Planning Unit

RRACC — Reducing Risks to Human and Natural Assets from Climate Change

SDC — Sustainable Development Council

TS — Tropical Storm

USAID — United States Agency for International Development

UNEP — United Nations Environment Program

UNFCCC — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNISDR — United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

VCA — Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis

WIS — Water Information System.