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| Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Chemical Compounds |
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| AAGRs | Annual average growth rates |
| AAUs | Assigned Amount Units |
| ABWR | Advanced Boiling Water Reactor |
| ACEA | European Automobile Manufacturer’s Association |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AEEI | Autonomous Energy Efficiency Improvement |
| AIJ | Activity Implemented Jointly |
| ALGAS | Asia-Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy |
| ALM | Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. |
| ARD | Afforestation, Reforestation and Deforestation |
| ASF | Atmospheric Stabilization Framework |
| BAU | Business-As-Usual |
| BIGCC | Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle |
| BOP | Balance-Of-Payments |
| BWR | Boiling Water Reactor |
| C | Carbon |
| C2F6 | Perfluoroethane / Hexafluoroethane |
| CAC | Command and control |
| CAFE | Corporate Average Fuel Economy |
| CANZ | Canada, Australia and New Zealand |
| CBA | Cost Benefit Analysis |
| CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEA | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
| CERs | Certified Emission Reductions |
| CF4 | Perfluoromethane / Tetrafluoromethane |
| CFCs | Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFL | Compact Fluorescent Lamps |
| CGE | Computable General Equilibrium |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CH4 | Methane |
| CHP | Combined Heat and Power |
| CO | Carbon-monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon-dioxide |
| CoP | Conference of Parties |
| CSD | Commission for Sustainable Development |
| DAFs | Decision Analysis Frameworks |
| DCs | Developing Countries |
| DES | Development, Equity, and Sustainability |
| DMF | Decision Making Framework |
| DSM | Demand Side Management |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECE | UN Economic Commission for Europe |
| EEA | European Environmental Agency |
| EFSU | The East and Central European countries and the Former Soviet Union |
| EITs | Economies In Transition |
| EMF | Energy Modelling Forum |
| EMS | Environmental Management Standard |
| ERUs | Emission Reduction Units |
| ESCOs | Energy Service Companies |
| ESTs | Environmentally Sound Technologies |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization |
| FBC | Fluid Bed Combustion |
| FDIs | Foreign Direct Investments |
| FGD | Flue Gas Desulphurization |
| FSU | Former Soviet Union |
| GATT | General Agreement on Trade and Tariff |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHGs | Greenhouse Gases |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GWP | Global Warming Potential / Gross World Product |
| H2O | Water vapour |
| HCs | Hydrocarbons |
| HCFC | Hydrochlorofluorocarbon |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HFCs | Hydrofluorocarbons (hydrogenated Fluorocarbons) |
| HFE | Hydrofluoroethers |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning |
| IA | Integrated Assessment |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAMs | Integrated Assessment Models |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICE | Internal Combustion Engine |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IET | International Emissions Trading |
| IGCC | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle |
| IGCCS | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle or Supercritical |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| IS92 | IPCC 1992 Scenario |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| ISO | International Standardization Organization |
| IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |
| JI | Joint Implementation |
| LESS | Low CO2 – emitting Energy Supply System |
| LNG | Liquid Natural Gas |
| LPG | Liquefied Petroleum Gas |
| LWR | Light Water Reactor |
| MAC | Marginal Abatement Cost |
| MDBs | Multilateral Development Banks |
| MEAs | Multilateral Environmental Agreements |
| MNCs | Multinational Corporations |
| N | Nitrogen (element) |
| N2 | Nitrogen (gas) |
| N2O | Nitrous oxide |
| Na3AlF6 | Cryolite |
| NACE | Nomenclature des Activites dans la Communaute Europienne (Index of Business Activities in the European Union) |
| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organizations |
| NH3 | Ammonia |
| NH4 | Ammonium ion |
| NICs | Newly Industrialized Countries |
| NMHC | Non-Methane Hydrocarbon |
| NMVOCs | Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NO2 | Nitrogen dioxide |
| NOx | The sum of NO and NO2 |
| O2 | Oxygen |
| O3 | Ozone |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| ODS | Ozone Depleting Substances |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PEM | Proton exchange membrane |
| PFC | Perfluorocarbon |
| PPM | Processes and Production Method or Parts Per Million |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity or Polluter Pays Principle |
| PQLI | Physical Quality of Life Index |
| PV | Photo Voltaic |
| PWR | Pressurized Water Reactor |
| QELRCs | Quantified Emission Limitation or Reduction Commitments |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| SAR | Second Assessment Report of the IPCC |
| SBSTA | Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
| SF6 | Sulfur hexafluoride |
| SMEs | Small and Medium Sized Enterprises |
| SO2 | Sulphur dioxide |
| SOx | Sulphur oxides |
| SPM | Summary for Policymakers |
| SRES | Special Report on Emissions Scenarios |
| SRLULUCF | Special Report on Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry |
| SRTT | Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer |
| TAR | Third Assessment Report |
| TPES | Total Primary Energy Supply |
| TS | Technical Summary |
| TSU | Technical Support Unit |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| VA | Voluntary Agreement or Value - Added |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| VOC | Volatile organic compound |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WEC | World Energy Council |
| WG I | Working Group One of the IPCC |
| WG II | Working Group Two of the IPCC |
| WG III | Working Group Three of the IPCC |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WRE | Wigley, Richels and Edmonds. |
| WTA | Willingness to Accept compensation |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WTP | Willingness to Pay |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
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