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
CET	Constant Elasticity of Transformation
CGE	Computable General Equilibrium
CHP	Combined Heat and Power
CL	Critical Load
CLE	Current Legislation Scenario
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CW	Carcass weight
DDGS	Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles
DGVM	Dynamic global vegetation models
EKC	Environmental Kuznets Curve
ESM	Earth System Models
FCR	Feed Conversion Ratios
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.
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
IMS	Indicated market share
INDC	Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
KWhe	kilo Watt hour electric
LAI	Leaf Area Index
LDC	Load Duration Curve
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
O&M	Operational and Maintenance costs
OR	Off-take rate
PES	Payment for Ecosystem Services
PFC	perfluorocarbon
PFCs	perfluorocarbons
PFT	Plant functional type
PIEEI	Price-induced energy efficiency improvement (in Timer model)
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
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
UNCCD	UN Convention to Combat Desertification
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USD	United States dollar
USLE	Universal Soil Loss Equation
VA	Value Added