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. |