Glossary of Organizations and Terms

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Spitzer, P.A. (2023), "Glossary of Organizations and Terms", Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 175-177. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-919-720231014

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Terms/Organizations	Definitions/Information Links
ADS	Development Societies
AEEFG	Association for Environmental Education for Future Generations
AHRC	Arts and Humanities Research Council
ASEAN	Association for Southeast Asian Nations
Ashoka Foundation	https://www.ashoka.org/en-us
CCAFS	Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security
CDS	Community Development Societies
CF	Climate Focus
COP26	https://ukcop26.org
COP27	https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop27
COP	Conference of the Parties
CRRI	Coral Reef Rescue Initiative
CTCN	Climate Technology Center and Network
DCF	Decentralized Climate Finance
DCMS	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
EIAs	Environmental Impact Assessments
ENDA	Environment and Development Action
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FH	Fuyndacion Contra el Hambre
FOH	Fragments of Hope
Fulbright Foundation	https://fulbrightscholars.org
FUNDAECO	Foundation for Eco-development and Conservation
GBV	Gender-based Violence
GIS	Geographic Information Systems
GCFI	Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
GJCS	Gender Just Climate Solutions
Global North	A widely accepted synonym for first world or developed countries, which are also the richest countries in the world
Global South	A term coined in 1969 to describe the world’s developing and least developed countries
IAP	Applied community-based programs that focus on research, action, and participation
ICCROM	International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
ICS	Improved Cookstoves
ICT	Information and Computer Technology
ICON	Institute of Conservation
INDC	Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
INGO	International Non-governmental Organizations
IPA	Innovations Poverty Action
IPEN	International Pollutants Elimination Network
IUCN	International Union for the Conservation of Nature
MENA	Middle East and North Africa
MfC	Momentum for Change
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MPA	Marine Protected Area
NDCs	Nationally Determined Contributions
NGO	Non-governmental Organization
NGH	Neighborhood Groups
PADI	Water Dive Master Training Program
PAR	Participatory Action Research
Paris Agreement	A United Nations agreement, also called the Paris Accords, from 2015 that is a legally binding treaty on climate change. Its goal is to limit global warming by 2 degrees Celsius max, preferably even 1.5 degrees.
PCCB	Paris Committee on Capacity-building
PLA	Participatory Learning and Action
PRA	Participatory Rural Appraisal
RCT	Randomized Controlled Trials
RRA	Rapid Rural Appraisal
RECOFTC	The Center for People and Forests
RUCODE	Rural Country Development Organization
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SHG	Self-help Groups
SIDS	Small Island Developing States
SNV Netherlands	Netherlands Development Organization (https://snv.org)
SOSAED	Sustainable Off-grid Solutions for African Economic Development
TANs	Transnational Advocacy Networks
TAO	Tambon Administrative Organization
TBI	Turkana Basin Institute
TEK	Traditional Ecological Knowledge
TIDE	Toledo Institute of Development and the Environment
UNDP	United Nations Development Program
UNESCO	UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
UNFCCC	United National Framework Convention for Climate Change
UNHCR	The United Nations Refugee Agency
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
VEDCO	Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns
WECF	Women Engage for a Common Future
WEDO	Women’s and Environment Development Organization
WEP	Women Environmental Program
WFC	Women for Change
WFP	World Food Program
WWF	World Wildlife Fund
WGC	Women and Gender Constituency
WHL	World Heritage Leadership
WI	Winrock International
WOCAN	Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
WU (VWU)	Vietnam Women’s Union