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Acronym | Description |
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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 |