| Acronyms and Abbreviations |
| AA |
Assigned Amount |
| AAU |
Assigned Amount Unit |
| AD |
Anno Domini |
| AIJ |
Activities Implemented Jointly |
| A-O |
Atmosphere-Ocean |
| AO |
Arctic Oscillation |
| AOGCM |
Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model |
| Bern-CC |
Bern Carbon Cycle |
| BP |
Before Present |
| C2F6 |
Perfluoroethane / Hexafluoroethane |
| C3 |
Three-Carbon Compound |
| C4 |
Four-Carbon Compound |
| CANZ |
Canada, Australia, and New Zealand |
| CBA |
Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| CCC(ma) |
Canadian Centre for Climate (Modeling and Analysis) (Canada) |
| CCGT |
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEA |
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
| CER |
Certified Emission Reduction |
| CF4 |
Perfluoromethane / Tetrafluoromethane |
| CFC |
Chlorofluorocarbon |
| CGCM |
Coupled GCM from CCC(ma) |
| CGE |
Computable General Equilibrium |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CH4 |
Methane |
| CHP |
Combined Heat and Power |
| CMIP |
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project |
| CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties |
| DAF |
Decision Analysis Framework |
| DES |
Development, Equity, and Sustainability |
| DES GP |
Guidance Paper on Development, Equity, and Sustainability |
| DHF |
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever |
| DMF |
Decision Making Framework |
| DSS |
Dengue Shock Syndrome |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| EIT |
Economy in Transition |
| ENSO |
El Niño Southern Oscillation |
| ERU |
Emissions Reduction Unit |
| ES |
Executive Summary |
| ESCO |
Energy Service Company |
| EST |
Environmentally Sound Technology |
| FCCC |
Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| FSU |
Former Soviet Union |
| GCM |
General Circulation Model |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (USA) |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
| GP |
Guidance Paper |
| GPP |
Gross Primary Production |
| GWP |
Global Warming Potential |
| H2O |
Water Vapor |
| HadCM |
Hadley Centre Coupled Model |
| HFC |
Hydrofluorocarbon |
| IAM |
Integrated Assessment Model |
| ICSU |
International Council of Scientific Unions |
| IEA |
International Energy Agency |
| IET |
International Emissions Trading |
| IGCC S |
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle or Supercritical |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPCC TP3 |
Technical Paper on Stabilization of Atmospheric Greehouse Gases: Physical,
Biological, and Socio-Economic Implications |
| IPCC TP4 |
Technical Paper on Implications of Proposed CO2 Emissions Limitations |
| ISAM |
Integrated Science Assessment Model |
| JI |
Joint Implementation |
| LCC |
Land-Cover Change |
| LSG |
Large-Scale Geostrophic Ocean Model |
| LUC |
Land-Use Change |
| MAC |
Marginal Abatement Cost |
| MOP |
Meeting of the Parties |
| MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
| MSU |
Microwave Sounding Unit |
| N2O |
Nitrous Oxide |
| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NBP |
Net Biome Production |
| NEP |
Net Ecosystem Production |
| NGOs |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NOx |
Nitrogen Oxides |
| NPP |
Net Primary Production |
| NSI |
National Systems of Innovation |
| O2 |
Molecular Oxygen |
| O3 |
Ozone |
| ODS |
Ozone-Depleting Substance |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries |
| OPYC |
Ocean Isopycnal GCM |
| PFC |
Perfluorocarbon |
| PMIP |
Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project |
| PPM |
Processes and Production Method |
| PPP |
Purchasing Power Parity |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RCM |
Regional Climate Model |
| SAR |
Second Assessment Report |
| SF6 |
Sulfur Hexafluoride |
| SME |
Small and Medium Sized Enterprise |
| SO2 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
| SPM |
Summary for Policymakers |
| SRAGA |
Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere |
| SRES |
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios |
| SRLULUCF |
Special Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry |
| SRTT |
Special Report on the Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology
Transfer |
| SST |
Sea Surface Temperature |
| TAR |
Third Assessment Report |
| TCR |
Transient Climate Response |
| THC |
Thermohaline Circulation |
| TP |
Technical Paper |
| TS |
Technical Summary |
| TSI |
Total Solar Irradiance |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UV |
Ultraviolet |
| VA |
Voluntary Agreement or Value-Added |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WAIS |
West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
| WGI TAR |
Working Group I Contribution to the Third Assessment Report |
| WGII SAR |
Working Group II Contribution to the Second Assessment Report |
| WGII TAR |
Working Group II Contribution to the Third Assessment Report |
| WGIII TAR |
Working Group III Contribution to the Third Assessment Report |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WRE |
Wigley, Richels, and Edmonds |
| WTA |
Willingness to Accept |
| WTP |
Willingness to Pay |
| WUE |
Water-Use Efficiency |