List of abbreviations relating to climate change

Yuya ŋɔ nyɛla yujihi shɛŋa zaŋ chaŋ  climate change tahibu na,  di nahigbana n-ti pahi di mitigation.

A
ADP - Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action
AGN - African Group of Negotiators 
APA - Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement Climate Dictionary, Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement 
APP - Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
AR4 - Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC (2007)
AR5 - Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC (2014)
AR5 SYR - Synthesis Report of AR5 IPCC, AR5 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2014 
AR6 - Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC (published on 9 August 2021)
AWG-KP - Ad Hoc Working Group on further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol 
AWG-LCA -  Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action
AYCC - Australian Youth Climate Coalition

B
BAP - Bali Action Plan

C
C&C - Contraction & Convergence, a global CO2 emissions management model promoted by the Global Commons Institute
CAIT - The World Resources Institute's Climate Data Explorer archive WRI, CAIT Climate Data Explorer, accessed 6 May 2020
CAPP - Climate Action Pacific Partnership COP23, What is the Climate Action Pacific Partnership? , accessed 14 July 2020
CAPP II - Climate Action Pacific Partnership (CAPP) Conference II – 2018
CAPP III - Third meeting of the Climate Action Pacific Partnership Conference (29-30 April 2019)
CCA - Climate Change Agreement (UK)
CCAFS - Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Research Program Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security , accessed 9 August 2020
CCAF - Climate Change Action Fund (Australia)
CCC - Committee on Climate Change (UK)
CCCEP - Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
CCCR - Canada's Changing Climate Report
CCCS - Centre for Climate Change Studies, University of Dar es Salaam
CCF - The Scottish Government's Climate Challenge Fund 
CCIA - Climate Change in Australia 
CC:iNet - Climate Change Information Network Climate Change Information Network, Contributing to CC:iNet - A quick-start guide 
CCL - Climate Change Levy (UK)
CCl2F2 - Dichlorodifluoromethane (greenhouse gas)
CCLS - Cambridge Climate Lecture Series
CCRA - Climate Change Risk Assessment 
CCS - Carbon Capture and Storage
CDM - Clean Development Mechanism
CDP - Organisation formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project
CDR - Carbon dioxide removal
CER - Certified Emission Reduction
CFC - Chlorofluorocarbon
CFRF - Climate Financial Risk Forum (UK)
CF4 - Carbon tetrafluoride or tetrafluoromethane (greenhouse gas)
CGE - Consultative Group of Experts Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Updated work plan of the Consultative Group of Experts for 2020, accessed 15 August 2020
CHClF2 - Chlorodifluoromethane (greenhouse gas)
CH4 - Methane
CINC - Interdepartmental Committee of Climate Negotiators
CLP - Carbon Literacy Project
CMA - Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement
CMA1 - First meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (7-18 November 2016)
CMA1.2 - The second part of the first session of the Conference of the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (6-17 November 2017)
CMA1.3 - The third part of the first session of the Conference of the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (2-14 December 2018)
CMA2 - Second meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (2–13 December 2019)
CMA3 - Third meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (postponed to 1–12 December 2021)
CMIP - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project
CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 - Overview, accessed 9 August 2020
CMP - Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
CMP9 - 9th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (11-23 November 2013)
CMP10 - 10th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (1-12 December 2014)
CMP11 - 11th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (30 November-12 December 2015)
CMP12 - 12th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (7-18 November 2016)
CMP13 - 13th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (6-17 November 2017)
CMP14 - 14th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (2-15 December 2018)
CMP15 - 15th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (2–13 December 2019)
CMP16 - 16th meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (postponed to 1–12 December 2021)
CNZ - Carbon Net Zero Crown Commercial Service, Carbon net zero funding and grants , updated as of 5 January 2023, accessed 17 January 2023
CO2 - Carbon dioxide
CO2-e - Carbon dioxide equivalent, also CO2-eq Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat), Glossary: Carbon dioxide equivalent, updated 9 March 2017, accessed 10 August 2020
CoM - Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (Europe) European Commission, Covenant of Mayors, EU Science Hub, published 8 July 2019, accessed 10 October 2020
COP - Conference of the Parties [to the UNFCCC]
COP1 - First UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (28 March to 7 April 1995)
COP2 - Second UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (8-18 July 1996)
COP3 - Third UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (1-10 December 1997) Official Web Site of the Third Conference of the Parties, accessed 9 August 2020
COP4 - Fourth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (2-14 November 1998)
COP5 - Fifth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (25 October to 5 November 1999)
COP6 - Sixth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (13–25 November 2000)
COP6-bis - Resumed Session of COP6 (16-27 July 2001) Sixth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - Resumed Session, accessed 27 May 2020
COP7 - Seventh UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (29 October - 10 November 2001)
COP8 - Eighth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (23 October - 1 November 2002)
COP9 - Ninth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (1-12 December 2003)
COP10 - Tenth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (6-14 December 2004)
COP11 - Eleventh UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (28 November - 9 December 2005)
COP12 - Twelfth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (6-17 November 2006)
COP13 - 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (3-15 December 2007)
COP14 - 14th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (1-12 December 2008)
COP15 - 15th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (7-18 December 2009)
COP16 - 16th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (29 November - 10 December 2010)
COP17 - 17th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (28 November - 11 December 2011)
COP18 - 18th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (26 November - 6 December 2012)
COP19 - 19th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (11-23 November 2013)
COP20 - 20th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (1-12 December 2014)
COP21 - 21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (30 November-12 December 2015)
COP22 - 22nd UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (7-18 November 2016)
COP23 - 23rd UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (6-17 November 2017)
COP24 - 24th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (2-15 December 2018)
COP25 - 25th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (2-13 December 2019)
COP26 - 26th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (1-12 November 2021)
COP27 - 27th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (6-18 November 2022)
COP28 - 28th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, scheduled for November 2023 in the United Arab Emirates Time Out Dubai, COP 28 climate change event to take place at Expo City Dubai, published 23 June 2022, accessed 29 October 2022
COP29 - 29th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, 2024, proposed venue is Australia The Australia Institute, COP29 in Australia, published 6 May 2022, accessed 29 October 2022
COP30 - anticipated 2025 UNFCCC Conference of the Parties UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021, Focus of Energy Transition Council (ETC), published 4 November 2021, accessed 29 October 2022
CORSIA - Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation
CPA - Carbon Pricing Act (Singapore)
CPRS - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Australia)
CRC - CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, formerly Carbon Reduction Commitment (UK)
CREWS - Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France), Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems, accessed 9 August 2020
CRU - Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia 
CRU TS - Climatic Research Unit Time Series datasets University of East Anglia, High-resolution gridded datasets (and derived products), accessed 20 May 2020
CSA - Climate-Smart Agriculture 
CVF - Climate Vulnerable Forum

D
DECC - Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK), now Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

E
ECI - Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford
ETC - Energy Transition Council 
ETS - Emissions Trading System
ETSWAP - Emissions Trading Scheme Workflow Automation Project operated by the UK's Environment Agency

F
FAR - First Assessment Report of the IPCC (1990)
F-gas - Fluorinated gas 
FICER - Fund for Innovative Climate and Energy Research 
FOLU - Forestry and other land use
FFF - Fridays for Future

G
GCF - Green Climate Fund
GCoM - Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
GHG - Greenhouse gas
GtC - Gigatonnes of carbon
GWP - Global warming potential

H
HadCM3 - Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3
HadGEM - Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model
HadGEM1 - 
HCFC - Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HFC - Hydrofluorocarbon

I
ICLEI - International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPCC-50 - the IPCC's 50th session (2019)
IPCC-NGGIP - IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme
ISO 1406x Series - ISO standards for climate change mitigation
ISO 14090:2019 - ISO standard for adaptation to climate change — Principles, requirements and guidelines
ISO/DIS 14091 - Adaptation to climate change — Guidelines on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessment
ISO/TS 14092 - Adaptation to climate change — Requirements and guidance on adaptation planning for local governments and communities

J
JI - Joint Implementation

K
KLD - Ministry of Climate and Environment (Klima- og miljødepartementet), Norway Klima- og miljødepartementet

L
LCDI - Low Carbon Development Indonesia Pangestu, M., Insight: New development pathway for Indonesia, Jakarta Post, 24 September 2018, accessed 23 July 2020
LDCF - Least Developed Countries Fund United Nations, Least Developed Countries Fund, LDC Portal, accessed 22 July 2020
LECBP - Low Emission Capacity Building Programme UNDP (2011), Low Emission Capacity Building Programme
LEDS - Low-Emission Development Strategies
LSCE - Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
LULUCF - Land use, land-use change, and forestry

M
MCC - Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin
MPGCA - Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action
MoCC - Ministry of Climate Change (Pakistan)
MoEFCC - Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (India)
MOP1 - 1st Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (28 November - 9 December 2005)
MOP2 - 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (6-17 November 2006)
MOP3 - 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (3-15 December 2007)
MOP4 - 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (1-12 December 2008)
MOP5 - 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (7-18 December 2009)
MWE/CCD - Climate Change Department of the Ministry of Water and Environment (Uganda)

N
NAMA - Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
NAPA - National Adaptation Programme of Action
NAZCA - Non-state Actor Zone for Climate Action
NC - National Communication (under the Paris Agreement) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, National Communication submissions from Non-Annex I Parties, accessed 8 November 2020
NDC - Nationally Determined Contributions
NECIA - Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (USA) Union of Concerned Scientists, Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Executive Summary 
N2O - Nitrous Oxide
NRSP - National Reports Submission Portal 

O
O3 - Ozone

P
PATPA - Partnership on Transparency in the Paris Agreement 
P-CAN - Place-based Climate Action Networks, a UK-based partnership between university researchers and the public, private and third sectors in tackling climate change, aiming to accelerate and sustain the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient society through the creation of local climate commissions.Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Academic joins £3.5M Research Network to support UK transition to a low-carbon economy, published 1 February 2019, accessed 11 May 2020
PCD - Petersberg Climate Dialogue
PCD X - Petersberg Climate Dialogue 10 (13-14 May 2019) Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit, Petersberg Climate Dialogue X: Agenda 
PCD XI - Petersberg Climate Dialogue (27-28 April 2020)
PFC - Perfluorocarbon
PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ()

S
SAR - Second Assessment Report of the IPCC (1995)
SB 52 -  Fifty-second session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA 52) and the fifty-second session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI 52) (postponed to 2021) United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, Information regarding SB 52, issued 22 June 2020, accessed 20 July 2020
SB 56 - the Bonn Climate Change Conference, 56th session of the subsidiary bodies, held on 6 to 16 June 2022 About the Bonn Climate Change Conference, accessed 10 June 2022
SBI - Subsidiary Body for Implementation
SBI 46 - Forth-sixth session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (8-18 May 2017)
SBI 47 - Forty-seventh session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (6-15 November 2017)
SBI 52 - Fifty-second session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (postponed to 2021) 
SBSTA - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
SBTi - Science Based Targets initiative 
SCCF - Special Climate Change Fund 
SDA - Sectoral Decarbonization Approach
SDGs - Sustainable Development Goals
SECR - Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting framework (UK)
SF6 - Sulfur hexafluoride
SRCCL - Special Report on Climate Change and Land of the IPCC
SRES - Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of the IPCC
SR15 - IPCC's Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C
SSP - Shared Socioeconomic Pathway

T
TACC - Territorial Approach to Climate Change
TAR - Third Assessment Report of the IPCC (2001)
TCCC - Tarawa Climate Change Conference
TCFD - Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
tCO2 - Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent
TD - Talanoa Dialogue
TFI - Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories IPCC, Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, accessed 16 May 2020

U
UKCIP - Multi-disciplinary team formerly known as the UK Climate Impacts Programme, based at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford
UKCP - UK Climate ProjectionsMet Office, UK Climate Projections (UKCP)
UKCP09 - UK Climate Projections 2009 
UKCP18 - UK Climate Projections 2018 Met Office, About UKCP18, accessed 29 May 2020
UKHACC - UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
UN CC:Learn - One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership 
UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USCAP - U.S. Climate Action Partnership

W
WCI - Western Climate Initiative
WCRP - World Climate Research Programme
WGI - Working Group I of the IPCC, which assesses the physical science of climate change
WGII - Working Group II of the IPCC, which assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change
WGIII - Working Group III of the IPCC, which "focuses on climate change mitigation, assessing methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere".
WIM - Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change ImpactsUnited Nations, Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (WIM), accessed 21 November 2022
WMO - World Meteorological Organization
WRI - World Resources Institute

Numerical
4CMR - Former Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research 

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