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The Youth Climate Pledge is a collaborative plan of action that young people can sign on to and get others to commit to.
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is an action and advisory group that aims to take a lead in accelerating the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels in the United Kingdom.
The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project provides access to documents, data, photos, maps and other resources concerning this critical issue.
The World Ocean Observatory provides a place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
And finally,
Children from Uganda, Bangladesh and Mozambique have drawn pictures for Oxfam of their impression of climate change (video) and what it means to their lives.
About the Portal
The Tiempo Climate Portal provides access to carefully selected documents, websites and other resources concerned with climate and sustainable development. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon.
Part of the Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, Tiempo Climate Newswatch is hosted by the Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
While every effort is made to ensure that information on this site, and on other sites that are referenced here, is accurate, no liability for loss or damage resulting from use of this information can be accepted.
Definitions of acronyms and abbreviations in the field of global warming, climate change and development.
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
Bright Ideas
Waste Management provides home recycling kits for compact fluorescent bulbs, batteries and electronics
Norwegian music festivals, Canal Street and Hove, have joined the Climate Neutral Network
The PlayPump water system doubles as a water pump and a merry-go-round for children
Honda is leasing the hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity to private individuals in southern California
TIDE, in southern India, markets energy-efficient stoves that reduce fuelwood use by as much as 30 per cent
Curitiba's BioCity Program (0.3Mb download) aims to halt the rapid rate at which cities develop and reduce biodiversity loss
The CooKit is an inexpensive, lightweight solar cooker that can save scarce fuel in poor communities and be swiftly deployed in emergencies (video)
Kungsbrohuset, a new building to be built by Jernhusen in Stockholm, will be heated partly by body heat from the people who pass through the nearby Central Station
Petrotec produces biodiesel from multiple feedstocks, including waste frying oils, animal fats and virgin vegetable fats and oils
Over 90 per cent of waste materials generated during construction of the eco-friendly Del Sur Ranch House were diverted from landfills
New Belgium's brew kettle is up to 70 per cent more efficient than standard brew kettles because it only heats thin sheets of wort
The Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan presents a community-based strategy for coming down from the oil peak
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