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Abbreviations

A6.4ERs
Article 6.4 Emission Reductions
BEC
Bio-Energy with Carbon Dioxide Capture
BECCS
Bio-Energy with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
CBD
The 1992 Convention on Biodiversity
CCS
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
CCUS
Carbon Dioxide Utilisation and Storage
CDM
Clean Development Mechanism
CDR
Carbon Dioxide Removal
COP
Conference of the Parties
DAC
Direct Air Carbon Dioxide Capture
DACCS
Direct Air Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
EAU
EU Allowance Units
EEA
European Economic Area
EFTA
European Free Trade Association
EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
ETS Directive
Emissions Trading System Directive
EOR
Enhanced Oil Recovery
EU
European Union
EU ETS
European Union Emissions Trading System
ESR
Effort Sharing Regulation
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
ICROA
International Carbon Reduction & Offset Alliance
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ITMO
Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcome
LULUCF
Land Use, Land Use-Change, and Forestry
MoU
Memorandum of Understanding
MRV
Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification
MW
Megawatts (one million watts)
NDC
Nationally Determined Contribution
OSPAR
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
SEPA
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
TFEU
Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union
VCLT
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties