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List of abbreviations

Abbreviation
Full Term
BC
Black Carbon
BSL
Baseline Scenario (from CIAM & TFIAM)
CH₄
Methane
CIAM
Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling
CO₂
Carbon Dioxide
EEA
European Environment Agency
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
GHG
Greenhouse Gases
GTP100
Global Temperature change Potential over 100 Years
GWP100
Global Warming Potential over 100 Years
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
MTFR
Maximum Technically Feasible Reduction Scenario
NH₃
Ammonia
NMVOC
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds
Noₓ
Nitrogen Oxides
OC
Organic Carbon
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PM_other
Other Particulate Matter (non-carbon PM2.5)
PM2.5
Particulate Matter ≤2.5 micrometers in diameter
SCC
Social Cost of Carbon
SC-GHG
Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases
SCM
Social Cost of Methane
SCN
Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide
SLCF
Short-Lived Climate Forcers
SLCP
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
SO₂
Sulphur Dioxide
TFIAM
Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling
UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
VOLY
Value of Life Year Lost
VSL
Value of Statistical Life
WAM
With Additional Measures (scenario)
WEM
With Existing Measures (scenario)