Green Economy and Climate Mitigation: Topics of Relevance to Africa

Abbreviations and acronyms

Green Economy and Climate Mitigation xvii Abbreviations and acronyms AAU Assigned Amount Units ACAD African Carbon Asset Development ACF African Carbon Facility ACMAD African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development ACR American Carbon Registry ADB Asian Development Bank AFD Agence Française de Développement AfDB African Development Bank AFDF Africa Development Fund AFOLU Agriculture, forestry and other land uses AGF Africa Green Fund AGRHYMET Agro-Meteorology and Hydrology Regional Centre AHWG Ad Hoc Working Group BAE Basic accounting equation BASIC Brazil, South Africa, India, China BTA Border tax adjustment CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model CAR Climate Action Reserve CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBFF Congo Basin Forest Fund CBFP Congo Basin Forest Partnership CCAR California Climate Action Registry CCBA Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance xviii Green Economy and Climate Mitigation Abbreviations and Acronyms CCLA Climate Change Level Agreements CCS Carbon capture and storage CCX Chicago Climate Exchange CDM Clean Development Mechanism CDP Carbon Disclosure Project CEMS College of Economic and Management Sciences CER Certified emission reduction CH4 Methane CIF Climate Investment Fund ClimDev-Africa Climate for Development in Africa Fund CMP Conference of the Meeting of Parties CO2 Carbon dioxide CO2 e Carbon dioxide equivalence COMIFAC Central African Forests Commission COP Conference of Parties COP16 16th Session of the Conference of Parties COP17 17th Session of the Conference of Parties CTF Clean Technology Fund DEFRA Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DMC Drought Monitoring Centre DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DTI Department of Trade and Industry EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ECX European Carbon Exchange EIB European Investment Bank EPA Environmental Protection Agency ERU Emissions reduction unit ETF Environmental Transformation Fund ETS Emissions trading scheme EU European Union Green Economy and Climate Mitigation xix Abbreviations and Acronyms EUA European Union Emissions Allowances EU-ETS EU Emission Trading Scheme FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations) FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FDI Foreign direct investment FIP Forest Investment Programme FSCF Fast-Start Climate Finance/fast-start climate funding G77 Group of 77 GAAP Generally accepted accounting practice GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GCCA Global Climate Change Alliance GDP Gross domestic product GEF Global Environment Facility/Global Environment Fund GHG Greenhouse gas GIS Geographical information system GPG Good practice guidance GS CER Gold Standard Certificate of Emissions Reduction H1 First half of the year HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons HVAC Heating, ventilation, air conditioning IAS International Accounting Standards IBRD International Bank of Reconstruction and Development I-CAPM Intertemporal Capital Asset Pricing Model ICT Information and communications technology IDB Inter-American Development Bank IEA International Energy Agency IETS International Emissions Trading Scheme IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development xx Green Economy and Climate Mitigation Abbreviations and Acronyms IFC International Finance Corporation IFRS International Financial Reporting Standards IGAD CPAC Intergovernmental Authority on Development Climate Prediction and Application Centre IIC Inter-American Investment Corporation IMF International Monetary Fund IPAP Industrial Policy Action Plan IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IsDB Islamic Development Bank JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation JI Joint Implementation JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency JSE Johannesburg Stock Exchange KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau LDCF Least Developed Country Fund LDCs Least Developed Countries LTMS Long-Term Mitigation Scenario LULUCF Land use, land-use change and forestry MDB Multilateral development bank MDG Millennium Development Goal MPC Marginal private cost MRV Measuring, reporting and verification MSC Marginal social cost Mt Metric tonne MtCO2 Metric tonne of carbon dioxide N2 O Nitrous oxide NADBank North American Development Bank NAP National allocation plan NGAC New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Certificate Green Economy and Climate Mitigation xxi Abbreviations and Acronyms NGO Non-governmental organisation NOx Nitrogen oxide OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PAS Publicly available specifications PCF Prototype Carbon Fund PFCs Perfluorocarbons PPCR Pilot Program for Climate Resilience REC Renewable Energy Certificate REDD Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation REDD+ Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (plus) REFIT Renewable energy feed-in tariff RMUs Removal Units SADC Southern African Development Community SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice SCCF Special Climate Change Fund SCF Strategic Climate Fund SECCI Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative SEFA Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa SFD Structured Finance Department SF6 Sulphur hexafluoride SIDS Small island developing states SMEs Small and medium-sized enterprises SNV Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (Netherlands...