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 AEDP: Alternative Energy Development Plan.

ALPS: Alternative Energy Development Plan ALPS Alternative Pathways towards Sustainable.

AR4: Fourth Assessment Report. (learn more)

BAU: Business-As-Usual.

BRICS: Brazil Russia India China South Africa.

CBD: Convention on Biological Diversity.

CBDR: Common But Differentiated Responsibility.

CCS: Carbon Capture And Sequestration.

CDP: Committee for Development Policy

CEB: Chief Executives Board for Coordination.

CLEW: Climate-Land-Energy-Water.

CLEWD: Climate-Land-Energy-Water-Development.

CLEWS: Climate-Land-Energy-Water-Water Strategies.

CLEWs: Global Resource Scenarios Of The Climate-Land-Energy And Water Nexus.

CMA: Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement.

COP: Conference of Parties.

CSD: United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

DAC: Development Assistance Committee.

DAU: Dynamics-As-Usual.

DMSP: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

DSD: Division for Sustainable Development (of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs).

ECESA: United Nations Executive Committee on Economic and Social Affairs.

ECLAC: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

ECOSOC: Economic and Social Council

EJ: Exajoule.

EPR: Environmental Performance Review.

ERU: Emission Reduction Unit.

EU: European Union.

Eurostat: Statistical Office of the European Communities.

EVI: Enhanced Vegetation Index.

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

FEEM: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.

forex: Foreign Exchange Market.

GA: General Assembly.

GBO: Global Biodiversity Outlook.

GCF: Green Climate Fund.

GDP: Gross Domestic Product.

GEA: Global Energy Assessment.

GEF: Global Environment Facility.

GEO: Global Environment Outlook.

GHG: Greenhouse Gas

GIS: Geographic Information System.

GLUCOSE: Global Least-cost User-friendly CLEWs Open-Source Exploratory model.

GNI: Gross National Income.

GNP: Gross National Product.

GPI: Genuine Progress Indicator.

GSG: Global Scenario Group.

GSP: High-level Panel on Global Sustainability.

GWP: Global Warming Potential.

HANPP: Human Appropriation Of Net Primary Production.

HDI: Human Development Index.

HFA: Hyogo Framework for Action.

HFC: Hydroflorocarbon.

HIV: Human Immudeficiency Virus.

HLPF: High-Level Political Forum On Sustainable Development.

HSDI: Human Sustainable Development Index.

IAASTD: International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development .

IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency.

ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization.

ICSU: International Council for Science.

ICUN: International Union for Conservation of Nature Energy Agency.

IEA: International Energy Agency.

IEAE: International Atomic Energy Agency

IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development.

IGSAs: Intergovernmental Scientific Assessments.

IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis .

ILO: International Labour Organization.

IMF: International Monetary Fund.

IMO: International Maritime Organization.

IOC: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.

IOM: International Organization for Migration.

IPBES: Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

IPCC : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

IPSO: International Programe on the State of the Ocean.

ISA: Integrated Sustainability Assessment.

ISEW: Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare.

ISO: International Standards Organizations. 

ISSC: International Social Science Council.

ITC: International Trade Centre.

ITU: International Telecommunication Union.

IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature..

JI: Joint Implementation.

JPOI: Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.

JWG: Joint Working Group.

KP: Kyoto Protocol.

KTH: Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden).

LDCs: Least Developed Countries.

LLDCs: Landlocked Developing Countries.

LULUCF: Land use, land-use change, and forestry.

MDG: Millennium Development Goal.

MEA:Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

MEW: Measure of Economic Welfare

MGCY: United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth.

MIGA: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.

MRV: Measurable, reportable, and verifiable.

NAMAs: Nationally appropriate mitigation actions.

NAPAs: National adaptation programs of action.

NCSA: National Center for Statistical Analysis.

NCTR: National Center for Transit Research.

NDVI: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index.

NDC:  Nationally Determined Contributions.

NGO: Non-Governmental Organization.

NHTS: National Household Transportation Survey.

NIPA: National Income And Product Account.

NNP: Net National Product.

NNS: Net National Saving.

NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

NRC: United States National Research Council.

NSC: National Safety Council.

ODA: Official Development Assistance.

OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

OHCHR: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

OHRLLS: Office of the High-Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States.

OSEMOSYS: Open Source Energy Modeling System.

OWG: Open Working Group.

PAMs: Policies and measures.

PBL: Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving.

PPP: Purchasing Power Parity.

PRSP: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.

R&D: Research And Development.

RES: Reference Energy System.

RES: United Nations Resolution.

RITE: Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth.

ROI(s): Return(S) On Investment.

RSN-4: Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network.

SAB: Scientific Advisory Board.

SBSTA: Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice.

SBSTTA: Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice.

SCBD: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

SD21: Sustainable Development in the 21st Century.

SDA: Shared Development Agenda.

SDG: Sustainable Development Goal.

SDM: Security Distributing and Marketing.

SDSN: Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

SEA: Strategic Environmental Assessment.

SEEA: United Nations Statistical Commission’s System of Environmental-Economic Accounting.

SEI: Stockholm Environment Institute.

SG: Secretary General.

SIDS: Small Island Developing States.

SNAs: System of National Accounts.

SPM: Summary for Policymakers.

SRES: Special Report on Emissions Scenarios.

SUMAMAD: Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands.

SUNY–ESF: State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

TFSD: Task Force for Measuring Sustainable Development.

TSIA: Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments.

TWAS: The World Academy of Sciences.

UCDP: Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

UN DESA: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

UN ESCAP: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

UN ESCWA: Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.

UN Women: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.

UN-Habitat: United Nations Human Settlements Program.

UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.

UNCCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

UNCDF: United Nations Capital Development Fund.

UNCITRAL: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.

UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

UNDG: United Nations Development Group.

UNDP: United Nations Development Program.

UNECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Environment Program.

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

UNFF: United Nations Forum on Forests.

UNFIP: United Nations Fund for International Partnerships.

UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund.

UNGA: United Nations General Assembly.

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.

UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

UNISDR: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

UNMAS: United Nations Mine Action Service.

UNOPS: United Nations Office for Project Services.

UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.

UNSC: United Nations Security Council.

UNSCEAR: United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation.

UNSD: United Nations Statistics Division.

UNTT: United Nations System Task Team.

UNWWAP: United Nations World Water Assessment Program.

USDA: United States Department of Agriculture.

USFWS: United States Department of Fish and Wildlife Service.

WB: World Bank.

WBCSD: World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

WDI: World Development Indicators.

WEC: World Energy Council.

WEF: World Economic Forum.

WEO: World Economic Outlook.

WESP: World Economic Situation and Prospects.

WESS: World Economic and Social Survey.

WFP: World Food Program.

WHO: World Health Organization. 

WIM: Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage.

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization.

WITCH: World Induced Technical Change Hybrid.

WMO: World Meteorological Organization.

WTO: World Trade Organization.

WWF: World Wildlife Fund.

YOUNGO: Constituency of Youth NGOs.