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AAs

Assigned amounts

AAU

Assigned Amount Units

AIJ

activities Implemented Jointly

AOSIS

Alliance of Small Island States

AWG-KP

Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex 1 Countries under the Kyoto Protocol

AWG-LCA

Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention

BAPA

Buenos Aires Plan of Action

BAT

best available techniques

CCS

Carbone capture and storage

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

CER

certified emission reduction

CERU

Certified Emission Reduction Units,

CH4

methane

CO2

Carbon dioxide

COP

Conference of Parties

CSLF

Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum

CSOs

Civil Society Organizations

DNA

Designated national authority

DNAs

forum for CDM designated national authorities

DSM

demand-side management

EIA

environmental impact assessment

EITs

economies in transition

EMAS

environmental management audit system

ERU

Emission Reduction Units

GEF

Global Environment Facility

GEFTF

GEF Trust Fund

GGAM

Greenhouse Gas Assessment Methodology,

GHG

greenhouse gas

GOOS

Global Ocean Observing System

GRI

Global Reporting Initiative

GWP

global warming potential

HDI

Human Development Index

HFCs

Hydrofluorocarbons

IGO

Intergovernmental Organization

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

JI

Joint Implementation

LCA

Life Cycle Assessment

LDCs

Least Developed Countries

LOSU

Level of Scientific Understanding

LULUCF

Land use, land-use change and forestry

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

MFMP

Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol

MIPS

Material intensity per service unit

MOP

Meeting of Parties

N2O

Nitrous oxide

NAMA

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions

NGO

Non-governmental organizations

NSDS

national strategy for sustainable development

ODP

ozone destroying potential

ODS

ozone depleting substance

PDD

project design document

PFCs

Perfluorocarbons

QELROS

Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction objectives

REDD

Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

SBI

Subsidiary body for implementation

SBSTA

Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice

SCP

Sustainable consumption and production

SEA

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SF6

Sulphurhexafluoride

SIDS

Small Island Developing State

UNCCD

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa ; desertification convention

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNFCCC

United Nations framework convention on climate change