Acronym list

Acronym	Description
AEEI	Autonomous energy efficiency improvement (in TIMER model)
AGECC	Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change
AOGCM	Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
AR	Assessment Report
ARD	Afforestation, Reforestation, and Deforestation
BAU	business-as-usual
BECCS	Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CC	Combined Cycle
CCS	Carbon capture and storage
CDM	Clean Development Mechanism
CEDS	Community Emissions Data System for historical emissions
CEH	Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
CET	Constant Elasticity of Transformation
CGE	Computable General Equilibrium
CHP	Combined Heat and Power
CL	Critical Load
CLE	Current Legislation Scenario
CNRS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research)
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CPB	Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
CW	Carcass weight
DDGS	Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles
DGVM	Dynamic global vegetation models
DLR	Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt
EC-JRC	European Commission - Joint Research Centre
EFI	European Forest Institute
EKC	Environmental Kuznets Curve
ESA	European Space Agency
ESM	Earth System Models
EU-JRC-IPTS	The European Union's Joint Research Centre - The institute for Prospective Technological Studies
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organisation
FCR	Feed Conversion Ratios
FEEM	Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
GBD	The global burden of disease (GBD) is a comprehensive regional and global assessment of mortality and disability from major diseases, injuries, and risk factors.
GCF	Global Climate Forum.
GCM	Global Circulation Model
GDP	Gross Domestic Product.
GHG	Greenhouse Gas
GLCC	Global Land Cover Characterization
GPP	Gross Primary Production
GT	Global Technology
GWP	Global Warming Potential
HDI	Human Development Index
HFC	hydrofluorocarbon
HFCs	hydrofluorocarbons
IAM	Integrated Assessment Model
IAMC	Integrated Assessment Model Consortium
ICCS/E3MLab	Energy - Economy - Environment Modelling Laboratory
IEA	International Energy Agency
IFPRI	International Food Policy Research Institute
IIASA	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
IMS	Indicated market share
INDC	Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IVM	Institute for Environmental Studies; VU University.
JRC	Joint Research Centre- JRC - European Commission
KWhe	kilo Watt hour electric
LAI	Leaf Area Index
LDC	Load Duration Curve
LEPII	Laboratoire d’Economie de la Production et de l’Intégration Internationale
LNG	liquid-natural gas
MA	Milennium Assessment
MAC	Marginal Abatement Costs
MDG	Millennium Development Goal
MF	Management factor
MPH	Milk production per animal
MSA	Mean Species Abundance
NDVI	Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NTNU	Norwegian University of Science and Technology
O&M	Operational and Maintenance costs
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
OR	Off-take rate
PBL	PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
PES	Payment for Ecosystem Services
PFC	perfluorocarbon
PFCs	perfluorocarbons
PFT	Plant functional type
PIEEI	Price-induced energy efficiency improvement (in Timer model)
PIK	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
PNNL, University of Maryland	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ppp	Purchasing power parity
R&D	Research and Development
RCP	Representative Concentration Pathways
REDD	Reduction of Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation
REDD+	Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, and including the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
RIL	Reduced Impact Logging
SC	Structural change (in TIMER model)
SDG	Sustainable Development Goal
SDM	Species Distribution Models
SF6	sulphur hexafluoride
SFM	Sustainable Forest Management
SMASH	SMASH Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et de Sciences Humaines
SOM	Soil Organic Matter
SRM	Solar Radiation Management, e.g. sulphur emissions to the stratosphere
SRTM	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
SSP	Shared Socio-economic Pathways
TIMER	IMAGE Energy Regional model
TMB	Travel money budget
TTB	Travel time budget
UCL	University College London
UEA	University of East Anglia
UN	United Nations.
UNCCD	UN Convention to Combat Desertification
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UPMF-EDDEN	Univesité Pierre Mendes France (Economie du Développement Durable et de l’Energie)
USD	United States dollar
USGS	United States Geological Survey
USLE	Universal Soil Loss Equation
UU	Utrecht University
VA	Value Added
WEC	World Energy Council
WWF	World Wildlife Fund
Wageningen UR	Wageningen UR is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the DLO foundation. ‘To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life’ is the mission.