Many acronyms commonly used on www.mrfcj.org in relation to the issues of climate change and climate justice can be difficult to interpret for (not just!) newcomers. As a helpful reference, here is a list of commonly used acronyms:
AAU: Assigned Amount Units
Actual Climate Justice Research: For the purposes of the the Foundation Research Database, actual climate justice research projects are those which fall into at least one of the three categories to the right.
Annex 1 Countries: Parties include industrialised countries that were members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 1992, plus countries with economies in transition (the EIT Parties). There are 41 countries in this group and the European Union.
Annex 2 Countries: Parties are developed countries which are the OECD members of Annex I but not the countries with economies in transition (EIT). The Annex II countries are required to provide financial resources to enable developing countries to undertake activities to reduce emissions and to help them adapt to the effects of climate change. They also have to take steps to promote the development and transfer of environmentally friendly technologies to developing countries and countries with economies in transition. There are 23 Parties in this group and the European Union.
Non-Annex 1 Countries: There are 153 Parties in this group, most of which are developing countries. Certain groups of developing countries are recognised by the Convention as being especially vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. This includes countries with low-lying coastal areas and those prone to desertification and drought. Forty nine countries are classified as least developed countries (LDCs) by the United Nations and are given special consideration under the Convention due to their limited capacity to respond to climate change and adapt to its effects. Other Parties in this group are countries that that claim to be more vulnerable to the potential economic impacts of climate change response measures, such as countries which rely heavily on income from fossil fuel production.
AWG-LCA: Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention
AWG-KP: Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex 1 Parties under the Kyoto Protocol
BAP: Bali Action Plan
BRIDGE: (Development Gender) research and information programme in the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
CER: Certified Emission Reduction credits
CDM: Clean Development Mechanisms
CMP: Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
CMP 6: Sixth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
C02: Carbon dioxide
COP: Conference of the Parties
COP 13: Thirteenth Conference of the Parties
COP 14: Fourteenth Conference of the Parties
COP 15: Fifteenth Conference of the Parties
COP 16: Sixteenth Conference of the Parties
COP 17: Seventeenth Conference of the Parties
COP18: Eighteenth Conference of the Parties
COP19: Nineteenth Conference of the Parties
COP20: Twentieth Conference of the Parties
COP21: Twenty-first Conference of the Parties
CW2: Climate Wise Women
EDN: Earth Day Network
EIT: Economies in Transition
ERU: Emission Reduction Unit
FSF: Fast-Start Finance
GBM: Green Belt Movement
GlobalPOWER: Global Partnership of Women Elected/Appointed Representatives
GHG: Greenhouse gas
IEA: International Energy Agency
IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
JI: Joint Implementation
KP: Kyoto Protocol
LCA: Referring to Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA)
LDCs: Least Developed Countries
MDGs: Millennium Development Goals
the Foundation: The Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice
MRV: Measurement, Reporting and Verification
NAMAs: Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
NAPAs: National Adaptation Programmes of Action
NWI: Nobel Women’s Initiative
OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PNG: Papua New Guinea
Potential Climate Justice Research: For the purposes of the the Foundation Research Database, potential climate justice research is research being carried out in the fields of climate change, human rights or development which could have a climate justice angle.
REDD: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
REDD+: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and includes the role of conservation and sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries
Rio +20: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 2012
RR: Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative
SBI: Subsidiary Body for Implementation
SBSTA: Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
UN: United Nations
UNF: United Nations Foundation
UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
WEDO: Women’s Environment and Development Organisation