List of global warming abbreviations
The list of global warming abbreviations contains an alphabetical listing of abbreviations related to global warming in the broader sense; H. also on related topics such as greenhouse gases , EU emissions trading or negative emissions . In addition to the abbreviation, the entries contain the English expression (left) and the German equivalent (right). In the case of German abbreviations, the left side has been left blank.
A.
| ACIA | Arctic Climate Impact Assessment | Climate Impact Assessment for the Arctic, Report (2004) |
| AFOLU | Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use | Agriculture, forestry and other land use |
| AGW | Anthropogenic Global Warming | anthropogenic, d. H. man-made global warming |
| AMO | Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation | Atlantic multi-decade oscillation |
| AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States | Alliance of Small Island States |
| AR (- x ) | IPCC Assessment Report (No. x ) | x-th status report of the IPCC , see also FAR, SAR, TAR |
B.
| BC | Black carbon | Soot particles , see also greenhouse gas # aerosols and soot particles |
| BECCS | Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage | Bioenergy with CO 2 capture and storage |
C.
| CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage | CO 2 capture and storage |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CDR | Carbon Dioxide Removal | Removal of carbon dioxide (from the atmosphere) |
| CERIUM | Certified Emission Reduction | Emission reduction units |
| CMA (- x ) | Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement | Conference of the States Parties to the Paris Agreement (No. x ) (→ UN Climate Conference ) |
| CMP (- x ) | Conference of the parties serving as the meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol (No. x ) | Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (No. x ) (→ UN Climate Conference ) |
| COP (- x ) | Conference of the Parties (No. x ) | Conference of the Parties , here: UN Climate Conference (No. x ) |
| CORSIA | Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation | Carbon offsetting and reduction program for international civil aviation |
D.
| DAC | Direct air capture | Direct CO 2 separation from the air |
| DACCS | Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage | Direct CO 2 capture from the air and storage |
E.
| ECS | Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity | Equilibrium climate sensitivity |
| ENSO | El Niño-Southern Oscillation | Southern El Niño Oscillation |
| ETS | Emission Trading System | Emissions Trading System (ETS) |
| EUA | European Union Allowance | EU emission allowance (certificate for 1 tonne of CO 2 ) |
| EU ETS | European Union Emission Trading System | EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) |
F.
| FAR | First Assessment Report | First IPCC assessment report (1990), see also AR1 |
| HFC | Fluorocarbons |
G
| GCM | General Circulation Model | see climate model # Global Climate Models - GCM (General Circulation Model) |
| GHG | Green House Gas | Greenhouse gas (GHG) |
| GWP | Global warming potential | Global warming potential |
H
| HFC | Hydrogen fluorocarbons | Fluorocarbons (HFC) |
I.
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPUU | Industrial Processes and Product Use | Industrial processes and product usage |
J
| JI | Joint implementation | Community reduction |
L.
| LIA | Little Ice Age | Little ice age |
| LUCF | Land Use Change and Forestry | Land use changes and forestry |
| LULUCF | Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry | Land use, land use change and forestry |
M.
| MCA | Medieval Climate Anomaly | Medieval climate anomaly |
| MWP | Medieval Warm Period | Medieval Warm Period (→ Medieval Climate Anomaly ) |
N
| NAMA | Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action | Climate protection measures in developing countries |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contributions | national climate protection contributions according to the Paris Agreement |
| NET | Negative Emission Technologies | Negative emission technologies |
| NIR | National Inventory Report | National inventory report |
P
| PDO | Pacific Decadal Oscillation | Pacific Decade Oscillation |
| PETM | Paleocene – Eocene Thermal Maximum | Paleocene / Eocene temperature maximum |
| PFC | Perfluorocarbons | Perfluorinated hydrocarbons |
| PyCCS | Pyrogenic Carbon Capture and Storage | Pyrogenic CO 2 capture and storage |
R.
| RCP | Representative Concentration Pathways | Representative concentration path |
S.
| SAR | Second assessment report | Second IPCC Assessment Report (1995) |
| SR1.5 | IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ° C | IPCC special report 1.5 ° C global warming (2018) |
| SRCCL | IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land | IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land Systems (2019) |
| SRCCS | IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage | IPCC special report on the capture and storage of CO 2 (2005) |
| SRM | Solar Radiation Management | Solar radiation management |
| SROCC | IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate | IPCC Special Report on the Oceans and the Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (2019) |
T
| TAR | Third Assessment Report | Third Assessment Report of the IPCC (2001) |
| TCR | Transient Climate Response | Transient climate response or climate sensitivity |
| THC | Thermohaline Circulation | Thermohaline circulation |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
U
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Program | United Nations Environment Program |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
W.
| WBGU | Scientific Advisory Council of the Federal Government on Global Change | |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization | World Meteorological Organization |
Web links
- Acronyms. In the fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group I.