Acronyms AFOLU AR5 BAU BC BECCS BELC BRT CAIT CAT CBD cCR CCS CDKN CDM CDP CER CFC CH4 CISL CO2 CO2e CoM COP CRF C-ROADS CSI CSP DEA EDGAR EEA EHCC ERI ER-PIN
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agriculture, forestry and other land use fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change business as usual black carbon biomass plus carbon capture and storage (or BioCCS) Business Environmental Leadership Council Bus Rapid Transit Climate Analysis Indicators Tool Climate Action Tracker Convention on Biological Diversity carbonn Climate Registry carbon capture and storage Climate and Development Knowledge Network Clean Development Mechanism Carbon Disclosure Project (now ‘CDP’) certified emission reduction chlorofluorocarbon methane Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership carbon dioxide carbon dioxide equivalent Covenant of Mayors Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC common reporting format (of the UNFCCC) Climate Rapid Overview and Decision Support Cement Sustainability Initiative concentrating solar power Danish Energy Agency Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research European Environment Agency Earth Hour City Challenge Energy Research Institute Emission Reductions Program Idea Note (in FCPF)
The Emissions Gap Report 2015 – Acronyms
ERU EU-ETS FAO FCPF FF&I FIA FLR FS-UNEP
GDP GEA GFEI GHG GLOBIOM GPC Gt GWP G4M HFC IAM ICAO ICI ICLEI ICRAF
IDDRI IEA IIASA IIMA IMO INDC
emission reduction unit European Union Emissions Trading System Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Forest Carbon Partnership Facility fossil fuels and industry Federation Internationale de l’Automobile forest landscape restoration Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance gross domestic product Global Energy Assessment Global Fuel Economy Initiative greenhouse gas global biosphere management model Global Protocol for Community-scale GHG Emissions gigatonne global warming potential global forest model hydrofluorocarbon integrated assessment model International Civil Aviation Organization international cooperative initiative International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives World Agroforestry Centre (formerly International Centre for Research in Agroforestry) Institut du Developpement Durables et des Relations Internationales International Energy Agency International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad International Maritime Organization Intended Nationally Determined Contribution