AIJ |
Activities implemented jointly |
AAU |
Assigned amount unit |
CAP |
Common Agricultural Policy (EC) |
CCB |
Certificate for forest conservation (Costa Rica) |
CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
CER |
Certified emission reduction |
CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (United States) |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
COP |
Conference of the Parties (to the UNFCCC) |
COP/MOP |
First session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol |
CTO |
Certifiable Tradable Offset |
EC |
European Community |
ECCP |
European Climate Change Programme |
ERU |
Emission reduction unit |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FONAFIFO |
National Fund for Forestry Finance (Costa Rica) |
GERT |
Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Trading (Canada) |
GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
GMO |
Genetically modified organisms |
GPG-LULUCF |
IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land use, Land-use change and Forestry |
INAREF |
National Forestry Agency, Dominican Republic |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
JI |
Joint Implementation |
lCER |
Long-term certified emission reduction |
LULUCF |
Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry |
Mt |
Megatonne (1 million tonnes) |
NGO |
Non-governmental organization |
OCIC |
Office on Joint Implementation (Costa Rica) |
ppm |
Parts per million |
RMU |
Removal unit |
SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice |
TAR |
Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
tCER |
Temporary certified emission reduction |
UN |
United Nations |
UNFCCC |
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USC |
United States Code |
