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Acronyms

Definitions of acronyms and abbreviations in the field of global warming, climate change and development.

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AAU: Assigned Amount Unit

ACE: Advisory Committee on the Environment

ACM: Adaptive and collaborative management

AGBM: Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate

AIJ: Activities Implemented Jointly

Annex I Countries: Countries which have committed to a quantitative carbon dioxide target under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, i.e. OECD, Central and Eastern European countries, listed in Annex I to the Convention)

Annex II Countries: OECD countries (listed in Annex II to the Convention)

AOML: Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

AOS: Automatic Observation System

AOSIS: Alliance of Small Island States

APDMC: Asian Pacific Disaster Management Center

APINAP: Air Pollution Impact Network for the Asia Pacific Region

APN: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research

AREED: African Rural Energy Enterprise Development Programme

ART: Africa Resources Trust

ASALs: Arid and Semi-Arid Lands

ASCEND 21: International Conference on an Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century

ASOF: Arctic-Subarctic oceanic fluxes

AUDMP: Asian Urban Disaster Mitigation Program

BAHC: Biosphere Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle

BALLERINA: Baltic Sea Region On-line Environmental Information Resources for Internet Access

BCF: BioCarbon Fund

BEA: Bureau of Environmental Analysis - Kenya

BREED: Brazilian Rural Energy Enterprise Development Programme

CAAP: Composition of Acidity of Asian Precipitation

CAPA: CDM for Poverty Alleviation

CARPE: Central Africa Regional Program on Environment

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity

CCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

CCX: Chicago Climate Exchange

CDCF: Community Development Carbon Fund

CDM: Clean Development Mechanism

CEESP: The IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy

CEOS: Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

CER: Certified emission reductions

CIIFEN: International Research Centre on El Nino

CILS: CEOS Information Locator Service

CILSS: Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

CLIVAR: Climate Variability and Predictability

COMEMIS: Coastal and Marine Environment Management Information System

CoML: Census of Marine Life

COP or CoP: Conference of the Parties (to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change)

COST: ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology

CREED: Chinese Rural Energy Enterprise Development Programme

CRG: Caribbean Reference Group

CSD: Commission on Sustainable Development

CSIRO: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

CSO: Civil Society Organizations

DC: Decentralized Cooperation

DCFRN: Developing Countries Farm Radio Network

DEIA: Division of Environmental Information and Assessment

DESELAC: Regional Information Network on Desertification for Latin America and the Caribbean

DIVERSITAS: IUBS-SCOPE-UNESCO Programme on Biodiversity

DNA: Designated National Authority

DOE: Designated Operational Entity

DSA: Debt Sustainability Analysis

EC: European Commission

ECCP: European Climate Change Programme

ECSIEP: European Centre on Pacific Issues

EDF: European Development Fund

EEA: European Environmental Agency

EIN: Environment Information Network

EIS: Environment Information System

ELMS: Environmental Information Exchange Network

ENRICH: European Network for Research in Global Change

ENSO: El Nino/Southern Oscillation

EnVoc: Environmental Vocabulary

EROS: Earth Resources Observation Systems

ERPA: Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement

ERU: Emission reduction units

ESC: Economic and Social Committee

ESSP: Earth System Science Partnership

ETS: Emissions Trading Scheme

EURODAD: European Network on Debt and Development

EU ETS: European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

FCCC or UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

FED: Forum for Energy and Development

GAIM: Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling

GBF: Global Biodiversity Forum

GCP: Global Carbon Project

GEF: Global Environment Facility

GCM: General Circulation Model

GCOS: Global Climate Observing System

GCTE: Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems

GDI: Gender Development Index

GDRC: Global Development Research Center

GEF: Global Environment Facility

GEIA: Global Emission Inventory Activity

GEIC: Global Environment Information Centre

GEMS: Global Environment Monitoring System

GESAMP: Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution

GEWEX: Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

GHG: Greenhouse gases

GIS: Geographic Information System

GIWA: Global International Waters Assessment

GLCN: Global Land Cover Network

GLOBEC: Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics

GM: Global Mechanism

GMS: Greater Mekong Subregion

GNESD: Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development

GOOS: Global Ocean Observing System

GRID: Global Resource Information Database

GSSD: Global System for Sustainable Development Consortium

GTOS: Global Terrestrial Observing System

HIPC: Highly Indebted Poor Countries

IACCA: Inter-agency Committee on the Climate Agenda

IAG: Inter-Africa Group

IAI: Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

IAMAS: International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

ICES: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICRAF: International Centre for Research in Agroforestry

ICSU: International Council of Scientific Unions

IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IET: International emissions trading

IETA: International Emissions Trading Association

IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFAS: International Fund for the Aral Sea

IFPRI: International Food Policy Research Institute

IGAC: International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project

IGBP: International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

IGBP-DIS: IGBP-Data and Information System

IGCN: Indochina Global Change Network

IGFA: International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research

IHDP: International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research

IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development

ILO: International Labour Organization

INC: International Negotiating Committee

INRM: Integrated Natural Resources Management

INTAS: International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union

IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IPBN: Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Network

IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRC: International Water and Sanitation Center

ISA-Net: Industrial Shrimp Action Network

ISEE: International Society for Ecological Economics

ISLSCP: International satellite and Land Surface Climatology Project

ISSC: International Social Science Council

ISSS: International Society of Soil Science

IGCI: International Global Change Institute

IUBS: International Union of Biological Sciences

IUC: Information Unit for Conventions

IUCN: World Conservation Union

IWMI: International Water Management Institute

JGOFS: Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

JI: Joint Implementation

JOIDES: Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling

LC: Liaison Committee of NGDOs to the European Union

LOICZ: Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone

LUCC: Land-Use and Land-Cover Change

MDG: Millennium Development Goals

MethPanel: Methodology Panel to the CDM Executive Board

MTPE: Mission to Planet Earth

NAO: North Atlantic Oscillation

NBCA: National Biodiversity Conservation Area

NDP: Numeric data package

NEAP: National Environment Action Plan

NESDA: Network on Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa

NETTLAP: Network for Environmental Training at Tertiary Level in Asia-Pacific

NGDO: Non-Governmental Developmental Programme

NGO: Non-Governmental Organization

NIP: National Indicative Programme

non-Annex I Parties: Countries which have not made a specific commitment to a quantified carbon dioxide target under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

NORAD: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

NOVEM: Netherlands Agency for Energy & Environment

NPV: Net Present Value

NWP: Numerical Weather Prediction

OBIS: Ocean Biogeographic Information System

ODA: Overseas development assistance

ODS: Ozone depleting substance(s)

ODSONET: Ozone Depleting Substances Officers Network

OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

OmCED: International Ombudsman Centre for the Environment & Development

OPACs: Online Public-Access Catalogues

OSTI: Office of Scientific and Technical Information

PAGES: Past Global Changes

PASS: Pan-African START Secretariat

PCRC: Pacific Concerns Resource Centre

PDD: Project Design Document

PDO: Pacific Decadal Oscillation

PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization

PIR: Project implementation review

POPs: Persistent Organic Pollutants

PRSP: Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

PVP: Photovoltaic power system

QUELRO: Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction Objective

RAFI: Rural Advancement Foundation International

REI: Renewable Energy Island

RMU: Removal Unit (Article 3.3 & 3.4 Kyoto Protocol)

RPGs: Recommended Practice Guides

RTA: Regional Technical Assistance

SACEP: South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme

SADC: Southern Africa Development Community

SAFARI: Southern Africa Fires Atmosphere Research Initiative

SAPRI: Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative

SAREIN: Southern African Renewable Energy Information Network

SBI: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Implementation

SBSTA: UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

SCAR: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

SCOPE: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

SCOR: Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research

SEAP: Southeast Asia/Pacific region

SHS: Solar home system

SLMOHN: Sri Lanka Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology Network

SOI: Southern Oscillation Index

SOLAS: Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study

SOPAC: South Pacific Applied Geo-Science Commission

SPARC: Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate

SRAP: Sub-regional Action Programme

SPREP: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

STAR: Special Target Area of Research

START: Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training

TCE or tce: Ton Carbon Equivalent

tCERs: temporary Certified Emissions Reductions

TEMS: Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites

TOGA: Tropical Oceans and the Global Atmosphere

TREES: Tropical Ecosystem Environment Observation by Satellite

TRMM: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

TRUCE: Tropical Urban Climate Experiment

UMA: Arab Maghreb Union

UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UN-DESD: 2005-2015 UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC or FCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNU: United Nations University

WCMC: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WCRP: World Climate Research Programme

WET: Wastewater Emissions Targets

WHO: World Health Organization

WMO: World Meteorological Organization

WOCE: World Ocean Circulation Experiment

ZERI: Zero Emissions Research Initiative

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