AAU – Assigned Amount Unit
AF – Adaptation Fund
AFOLU – Agriculture, Forestry and other Land-Use
AG13 – Ad Hoc Group on Article 13
AGBM – Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate
AHTEC – Ad-Hoc Technical Expert Group
AIJ – Activities Implemented Jointly
AIP – Annex I Parties
AOSIS – Alliance of Small Island States
AR4 – IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Art. – Article
AWG – Ad Hoc Working Group
AWG-LCA – Ad Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action
AWG-KP – Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol
BAPA – Buenos Aires Plan of Action
BINGO – Business and Industry Non-Governmental Organizations
BTU – British Thermal Unit
C2F6 – Tetrafluoroethane
CACAM – Central Asia, Caucasus, Albania and Moldova
CAN – Climate Action Network
CBD – Convention on Biological Diversity
CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration
CDI – Capacity Development Initiative
CDM – Clean Development Mechanism
CDM EB – CDM Executive Board
CEB – United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination
CEE – Central and Eastern Europe
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CER – Certified Emission Reduction
CF4 – Carbon Tetrafluoride
CFC – Chlorofluorocarbon
CG11 – Central Group 11
CGE – Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Non-Annex I Parties
CH4 – Methane
CMP – Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
CMS – Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
CO – Carbon Monoxide
CO2 – Carbon Dioxide
COP – Conference Of the Parties
COP/MOP – Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties
COW – Committee of the Whole
CPF – Collaborative Partnership on Forests
CRF – Common reporting format
CTBTO – Preparatory Committee for the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
DAC – Development Assistance Committee
DESA – Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DGACM – Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
DM – Department of Management
DPA – Department of Political Affairs
DPI – Department of Public Information
DPKO – Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DFS – Department of Field Support
DSS – Department of Safety and Security
EA – Enabling Activity
EC – European Community
ECA – Economic Commission for Africa
ECE – Economic Commission for Europe
ECLAC – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ECOSOC – Economic and Social Council
EGTT – Expert Group on Technology Transfer
EIG – Environmental Integrity Group
EIT – Economy in transition
ENB – Earth Negotiations Bulletin
ENGO – Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations
EOSG – Executive Office of the Secretary-General
ERU – Emission reduction unit
ESCAP – Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific
ESCWA – Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
EU – European Union
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAR – IPCC First Assessment Report
FCCC – Framework Convention on Climate Change
FSP – Full-Size Project
G77 – Group of 77
GA – General Assembly
GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GCOS – Global Climate Observing System
GEF – Global Environment Facility
GEO – Ad hoc Group on Earth Observations
GEOSS – Global Earth Observation System of Systems
GET – Global Environment Trust Fund
GHG – Greenhouse gas
GOOS – Global Ocean Observing System
GRULAC – Group of Latin America and Caribbean States
GTOS – Global Terrestrial Observing System
GTZ – German Technical Cooperation Agency
GWP – Global Warming Potential
HCFC – Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HFC – Hydrofluorocarbon
HWP – Harvested Wood Products
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency
IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank Group)
ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization
ICCP – International Climate Change Partnership
ICJ – International Court of Justice
ICLEI – International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives
ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross
ICSID – International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank Group)
ICSU – International Council of Scientific Unions
IDA – International Development Association (World Bank Group)
IEA – International Energy Agency
IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC – International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group)
IGBP – International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGO – Intergovernmental Organization
IHDP – International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
ILO – Internaitonal Labour Organization
IMF – International Monetary Fund
IMO – International Maritime Organization
INC – Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
IOC – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPO – Indigenous Peoples Organizations
ITC – International Trade Centre
ITU – International Telecommunication Union
ISSC – International Social Science Council
IUCN – International Union for Conservation of Nature
JI – Joint Implementation
JLG – Joint Liaison Group
JUSCANZ or JUSSCANNZ – Japan, United States, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Norway and New Zealand
JWG – Joint Working Group
LDC – Least developed country
LDCF – Least Developed Countries Fund
LEG – Least Developed Countries Expert Group
LGMA – Local Government and Municipal Authorities
LUCF – Land Use Change and Forestry
LULUCF – Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
MIGA – Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank Group)
MOI – Means of Implementation
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MRV – Measurable, Reportable, Verifiable
MSC – Military Staff Committee
MSP – Medium-sized project
N2O – Nitrous oxide
NAIP – Non-Annex I Parties
NAPA – National Adaptation Programme of Action
NCCSAP – Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Programme
NCSA – National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment
NCSP – National Communications Support Programme
NGLS – Non-Governmental Liaison Service
NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
NIR – National Inventory Report
NMVOC – Non-methane volatile organic compound
N.N. – Not Named
NOx – Nitrogen oxides
OCHA – Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
ODA – Official development assistance
OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OHCHR – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIOS – Office of Internal Oversight Services
OLA – Office of Legal Affairs
OP – Operational programme
OPCW – Office for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PDF – Project Preparation and Development Facility
PFC – Perfluorocarbon
PFII – Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
POP – Persistent Organic Pollutant
QA – Quality Assurance
QC – Quality Control
QELRO – Quantified Emission Limitation Reduction Objective
QERO – Quantified Emissions Reduction Obligation
RDB – Regional Development Bank
RINGO – Research oriented and Independent Non-Governmental Organizations
RMU – Removal unit
SAR – IPCC Second Assessment Report
SB – Subsidiary Body
SBI – Subsidiary Body for Implementation
SBSTA – Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
SBSTTA – Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice
SCCF – Special Climate Change Fund
SDPAMs – Sustainable Development Policies and Measures
SDR – Special Drawing Rights
SF6 – Sulphur Hexafluoride
SGP – Small Grants Programme
SIDS – Small Island Developing States
SOx – Sulphur oxides
STRM – Short-term response measures
TAR – IPCC Third Assessment Report
TEAP – Technology and Economic Assessment Panel
TT:CLEAR – Technology Transfer Information Clearing House
UN – United Nations
UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNCCD – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
UNEP – United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFIP – United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
UNFF – United Nations Forum on Forests
UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund
UNGA – United Nations General Assembly
UN-HABITAT – United Nations Human Settlements Programme
UNHCR – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
UNICRI – United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
UNIDIR – United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women
UN-INSTRAW – United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
UNITAR – United Nations Institute for Training and Research
UNMOVIC – United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
UNODA – United Nations OFfice for DIsarmament Affairs
UNU – United Nations University
UNODC – United Nations OFfice on Drugs and Crime
UNOG – United Nations Office at Geneva
UN-OHRLLS – Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
UNON – United Nations Office at Nairobi
UNOPS – United Nations Office for Project Services
UNOV – United Nationa Office at Vienna
UNOWA – Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa
UNRISD – United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRWA – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
UNSC – United Nations Security Council
UNSG – United Nations Secretary General
UNSSC – United Nations System Staff College
UNU – United Nations University
UN Women – United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
UNV – United Nations Volunteers
UNWTO – United Nations World Tourism Organization
UPO – United Nations Postal Union
URF – Uniform Reporting Format
USCSP – U.S. Country Studies Program
WCC – World Climate Conference
WCRP – World Climate Research Programme
WEOG – Western European and Others Group
WFP – World Food Programme
WHO – World Health Organization
WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
WMO – World Meteorological Organization
WSSD – World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO – World Trade Organization
YOUNGO – Youth Non-Governmental Organization
