Annex IV. List of acronyms

• AAU Assigned Amount Unit
• ABA Arctic Biodiversity Assessment
• ADPC Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
• ACTRIS Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure Network
• AGAGE Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases ExperimentOS
• AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
• ASAP Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme
• AWG Ad-hoc Working Group
• BAT Best Available Techniques
• BR Biennial Report
• BRA Available area
• CAEP Civil Aviation Environment Programme
• CAFF Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
• CAFI Central African Forest Initiative
• CCAC Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
• CASTOR CO₂ from Capture to Storage
• CCAP Center for Clean Air Policy
• CCS Carbon Capture and Storage
• CDM Clean Development Mechanism
• CER Certified Emission Reduction
• CICERO Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research
• CIF Climate Investment Funds
• CLRTAP Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
• CMIP6 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6
• COAT Arctic Climate-ecological Observatory for Arctic Tundra
• CRF Common Reporting Format
• CSLF Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
• CTCN Climate Technology Centre and Network
• CSEUR Consolidated System of European Union Registries
• CTCN Climate and Technology Centre and Network
• CTF Common Tabular Format
• DDR Disaster Risk Reduction
• DES Data Exchange Standards
• ECA&D European Climate Assessment and Dataset
• ECAC European Civil Aviation Conference
• ECAS European Commission Authentication Service
• ECCSEL European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure
• ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
• EEA European Economic Area
• EEH EPIM Environmental Hub
• EFTA European Free Trade Association
• EMEP European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
• EnDev Energising Development
• ERA European Research Area
• ERT Expert Review Team
• ERU Emission Reduction Unit
• ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
• ESI Environmental Ship Index
• ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
• EV Electric Vehicles
• EU ETS European Union Emission Trading System
• EU European Union
• EUMETNET European Meteorological Services Network
• EUR Euros
• FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
• FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
• FEED Front End Engineering and Design
• FFFSR Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
• FIP Forest Investment Program
• GAW Global Atmosphere Watch of WMO
• GCIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
• GCOS Global Climate Observing System
• GDP Gross Domestic Product
• GCF Green Climate Fund
• GEF Global Environment Facility
• GFCS Global Framework for Climate Services
• GFDRR Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
• GGGI Global Green Growth Institute
• GHG Greenhouse gases
• GIS Gas-insulated switchgear
• GNI Gross National Income
• GSI Global Subsidies Initiative
• GTOS Global Terrestrial Observation System
• GWP Global Warming Potential
• HFC Hydrofluorcarbon
• ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
• ICH International Centre for Hydropower
• ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• ICOS Integrated Carbon Observation System
• ICSU International Council for Science
• IEA International Energy Agency
• IEF Implied Emission Factor
• IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• IMO International Maritime Organisation
• IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development
• IMR The Institute of Marine Research
• INDC Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
• IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• IPY International Polar Year
• IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
• LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
• LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• ITL International Transaction Log
• JCOMM Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
• JI Joint Implementation
• JPI Joint Programming Initiatives
• KP Kyoto Protocol
• LDC Least Developed Countries
• LDCF Least Developed Country Fund
• LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• LULUCF Land Use and Land Use Change and Forestry
• MW Megawatt
• NC National Communication
• NCCS Norwegian Centre for Climate Services
• NE Not Estimated
• NCS Norwegian Continental Shelf
• NEFCO Nordic Environment Finance Corporation
• NFI National Forest Inventory
• NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
• NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
• NICFI Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative
• NFLI Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute
• NGL Natural Gas Liquids
• NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
• NIFU Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
• NILU Norwegian Institute for Air Research
• NIR National Inventory Report
• NIVA Norwegian Institute for Water Research
• NMVOC Non-methane Volatile Organic Compound
• NOK Norwegian Kroner
• NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
• NorClim Climate of Norway and the Arctic in the 21st Century
• NorESM Norwegian Earth System Model
• NORKLIMA Climate Change and Impacts in Norway
• NOU Official Norwegian Report
• NRPA National Public Road Administration
• NPI The Norwegian Polar Institute
• NVE Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
• NSDS National Strategy for Sustainable Development
• NTP National Transport Plan
• ODA Official Development Assistance
• OfD Oil for Development
• OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
• PAGE UN Partnership for Action on the Green Economy
• PaM Policies and Measures
• PCF Prototype Carbon Fund
• PDO Plans for Development and Operation
• PFAN Private Finance Advisory Network
• PFC Perfluorcarbon
• PIO Plan for installation and operation of facilities for transport and utilisation of petroleum
• PHEV Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
• PPCR Pilot Program for Climate Resilience
• QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• R&D Research and Development
• RCN Research Council of Norway
• REDD+ Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
• RegClim Regional Climate Development under Global Warming
• RMU Removal Unit
• RMU Removal Unit
• SAR Search and Rescue
• SCCF Special Climate Change Fund
• SD Sustainable Development
• SDG Sustainable Development Goals
• SEF Standard Electronic Format
• SET-plan Strategic Energy Technology Plan
• SIOS Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
• SPF Specific Fan Power
• SWDS Solid Waste Disposal Sites
• SWIPA Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic
• TCM Technology Centre Mongstad
• TEK Technical building regulation code
• TWh Terawatt hour
• UN United Nations
• UNDP United Nations Development Programme
• UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
• UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UNIS The University Centre in Svalbard
• USD US Dollar
• VAT Value Added Tax
• VRU Vapour Recovery Unit
• WCRP World Climate Research Programme
• WMO World Meteorological Organization
• WRI World Resources Institute