AIACC
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors
"AIACC is a global initiative to advance scientific understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options in developing countries. AIACC aims to fill gaps in the current understanding of vulnerability and opportunities for adaptation by funding, training, and mentoring developing country scientists to undertake multisector, multicountry research of priority to developing countries." Source:
AIACC is a part of the work of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Definition based on (revised from) IPCC AR4.
All IPCC definitions taken from Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. Cambridge University Press.