ACCD Agency of Commerce and Community Development
ACIS Applied Climate Information System (NOAA RCC)
ACS American Community Survey
ACSA American Council of Snowmobile Associations
ALP Alkaline Phosphatase
AOP Aquatic Organism Passage
AQI Air quality index
ASCC Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ARPA American Rescue Plan Act
BEA U.S. Bureau of Economics Analysis
BED Burlington Electric Department
BEGAP Business Emergency Gap Assistance Program
BIPOC Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
BLD Beech leaf disease
BMPs Best Management Practices
BRIC Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (FEMA)
BTM Behind the Meter (solar)
C Carbon
C3S Copernicus Climate Change Service
CAE Center for an Agricultural Economy
CAP Climate Action Plan
CARES Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (U.S.)
CCRF Climate Change Response Framework
CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
CDBG-DR Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery
CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDS Climate Data Store (Copernicus)
CEJST Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
CEP Comprehensive Energy Plan (Vermont)
CFS Cubic feet per second
CGIAR Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
CH4 Methane
CIS Community Information Systems (FEMA)
CMeC Climate Measurements Center of Excellence
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CONUS Contiguous United States
COOP Cooperative Observer Program (NWS)
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CSA Community-supported agriculture
CSO Combined sewer overflow
CTA Catamount Trail Association
CVD Cardiovascular Disease
DEIJ Diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
DHASH Dutch Hill Alliance off Skiers and Hikers
DHCD Department of Housing and Community Development
DMH Department of Mental Health
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DSR Dam Safety Rule
EAB Emerald ash borer
EAN Energy Action Network
ECAP Equitable Climate Action Partnership
ED Emergency department
EEE Eastern Equine Encephalitis (mosquito-borne disease)
EIA U.S. Energy Information Administration
EM Erythema migrans
EMS Emergency Medical Services
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERA5 ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (climate reanalysis dataset)
ESP Environmental Surveillance Program (VAAFM)
EV Electric vehicles
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FEMA U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMC Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
FFI Functioning Floodplain Initiative
FIA Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (USFS)
FMF February median flow
FPR Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
FRD Fugitive Road Dust
FRED Federal
FTC Forest tent caterpillar
FTE Full-time equivalent
GCM Global climate model
GDP Gross domestic product
GMP Green Mountain Power
GHG Greenhouse gases
GI Green infrastructure
GRID Global Report on Internal Displacement
GtCO2e Gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent
GWSA Global Warming Solutions Act (Vermont)
HAB Harmful algal bloom
HCRS Health Care & Rehabilitation Services
HEPA High-Efficiency Particulate Air
HHAV Housing and Homelessness Alliance of Vermont
HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
HPAI Highly pathogenic avian influenza
HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning
HWA Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
HWFP Home or wild food procurement
HWN Heatwave Number
IDMC Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
IHP Individuals and Households Program (FEMA)
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPM Integrated Pest Management
ISEM Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
ISO-NE ISO New England (Independent System Operator)
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
JCV Jamestown Canyon Virus
kVA Kilovolt-ampere
LCA Life cycle assessment
LCB Lake Champlain Basin
LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LHMP Local hazard mitigation plans
LIS Long Island Sound
LOI Loss on ignition
LPP LaRosa Partnership Program
LULUCF Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry
LW Large wood
MCL Maximum containment level
MeHG Methylmercury
MFTV Move Forward Together Vermont
Mgal Million gallons (of water)
MHIP Mobile Home Infill Program
MRLC Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium
MMt C Million metric tons of carbon
MMt CO2e Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
MRGP Municipal Roads General Permit
MSPR Multi-species pastured rotation
Mt CO2e Metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
N2O Nitrous oxide
NO 2 Nitrogen dioxide
NO3 Nitrate
NASS National Agricultural Statistics Service
NCA National Climate Assessment
NCEI National Centers for Environmental Information
NEFSPP New England Food System Planners Partnership
NESDIS National Environmental Satelite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA)
NEST A Northeast Safe & Thriving for All
NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
NFNA New Farms for New Americans
NIACS Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
NIDIS National Integrated Drought Information System
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NLCD National Landcover Database
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOFA Northeast Organic Farming Association
NPP Net primary productivity
NRCS Natural Resources Conversation Service
NRPC Northwest Regional Planning Commission
NWF National Wildlife Federation
NWS National Weather Service
NYPA New York Power Authority
O3 Ozone
ORCA Open Research Community Accelerator
PA Public Assistance (FEMA program)
PES Payment for ecosystem services
PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
RCC Regional Climate Centers (NOAA)
RCP Representative concentration pathway
RECs Renewable energy certificates
REI Road Erosion Inventory
RES Renewable Energy Standards (Vermont)
RIVER Resillience Initiative for Vermont Empowerment and Recovery
ROS Rain-on-snow
RPC Regional planning commissions
SCA Subnational Climate Assessment
SCORP Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan
SFHA Special Flood Hazard Area (FEMA)
SGCN Species of Greatest Conservation Needs
SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SOC Soil organic carbon
SOS Starting Over Strong
SPEED Sustainably Priced Energy for Economic Development (Vermont)
SPI Standard Precipitation Index
SSP Shared Socioeconomic Pathway
SVI Social Vulnerability Index
SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
TBP Tactical Basin Plan
T&D Transmission and distribution
THI Temperature-Humidity Index
TMDL Total maximum daily load
TNC The Nature Conservancy
TRPT Transportation Resilience Planning Tool (Vermont)
UHI Urban heat island
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
U.S. United States
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDM U.S. Drought Monitor
USFS U.S. Forest Service
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program
USPSTF United States Preventive Services Taskforce
UVM University of Vermont
UVM CDL University of Vermont Carbon Dynamics Lab
UVMMV University of Vermont Medical Center
VAAFM Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Farms, and Markets
VAPDA Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies
VAST Vermont Association of Snow Travelers
VCA Vermont Climate Assessment
VCAP Vermont Climate Action Plan
VCC Vermont Climate Corps
VCE Vermont Center for Ecostudies
VCGI Vermont Center for Geographic Information
VCHIP Vermont Child Health Improvement Program
VCP Vermont Conservation Plan
VCRD Vermont Council on Rural Development
VDH Vermont Department of Health
VEC Vermont Electric Cooperative
VEE Vermont Emergency Eats
VELCO Vermont Electric Power Company
VEM Vermont Emergency Management
VERSO Vermont Research Open Source Program Office
VGS Vermont Gas Systems
VNRC Vermont Natural Resources Council
VOREC Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative
VSJF Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
VAWI Vermont Significant Wetlands Inventory
VT Vermont
VTANR Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
VTDEC Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
VT PUC Vermont Public Utility Commission
VTRANS Vermont Agency of Transportation
VT UCF Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program
WAP Weatherization Assistance Program
WCAG Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
WEC Washington Electric Cooperative
WHO World Health Organization
WNS White-nose syndrome
WNV West Nile Virus (mosquito-borne disease)
ZEV Zero Emissions Vehicle