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) |