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Kyoto and Canadians (GHG) Glossary(The Kyoto Decoder)Last updated 2003.02.28 Attempting to understand the Kyoto Protocol, the Kyoto Mechanism and Canada's response will take you into a world of new jargon and acronyms. I have started to compile some of the terminology here in the hopes it might help others understand the jargon. This page remains under construction. Contributions welcomed. Acronyms AESA = Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture (programs) AIJ = Activities Implemented Jointly AMG = Analysis & Modeling Group ARTI = Alberta Reduced Tillage Initiative AWTS = Atlantic Wind Test Site BaP = Broad as Practical BAU = Business As Usual BPI = Baseline Protection Initiative CAC = Criteria Air Contaminant(s) CARC = Canadian Agri-food Research Council CARD = Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development (fund) CBIP = Commercial Building Incentive Program CASA = Clean Air Strategic Alliance CCAF = Climate Change Action Fund CCIARN - Climate Change Impacts and Research Network CCS = Climate Change Secretariat CDE = Carbon Dioxide Equivalent CO2 (carbon dioxide) has a factor of 1 (by definition) CH4 (methane) has a factor of 21 (in other words, a molecule of methane is 21 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide) N2O (nitrous oxide) has a factor of 310 HFC's (hydrofluorocarbons) range from a factor of 140 to 11,700 depending on the specific chemical PFC's (perflourocarbons) range from a factor of 6,500 to 9,200 depending on the specific chemical SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) has a factor of 23,900 CDM = Clean Development Mechanism CER = Certified Emissions Reduction CFC = Chlorofluorocarbon CHP = Central Heating Plant CIPEC = Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation CoP = Conference of the Parties DET = Domestic Emissions Trading DETWG = Domestic Emissions Trading Working Group DSM = Demand Side Management EDP = Ethanol Development Program EE = Energy Efficient EG = Engaged Group EGH = EnerGuide for Houses ENGO = Environmental Non-Government Organization EPA = Environmental Performance Agreements ERT = Emissions Reduction Trading ERU = Emissions Reduction Unit EU = European Union FCCC = Framework Convention on Climate Change (signed June 1992 at Rio Earth Summit) FCM = Federation of Canadian Municipalities F/P/T = Federal, Provincial, Territories G-77 = Group of 77 (developing countries) GDP = Gross Domestic Product GERT = GHG Emissions Reduction Trading (pilot project) GHG = GreenHouse Gas GMEF = Green Municipal Enabling Fund GMIF = Green Municipal Investment Fund GPS = General Performance Standard GWP = Global Warming Potential HCFC = Hydrochlorofluorocarbon HFC = Hydrofluorocarbon HOV = High-Occupancy Vehicle ICCCC = International Climate Change Consultative Committee IET = International Emissions Trading IISD = International Institute for Sustainable Development IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRAP = Industrial Research Assistance Program JI = Joint Initiative JMM = Joint Ministers Meeting LDC = Less Developed Country LFE = Large Final Emitter MMTCE = Million Metric Tons of Carbon Equivalents. MNECB = Model National Energy Code for Buildings MOST = Moving On Sustainable Transportation MOU = Memorandum Of Understanding NAFTA = North American Free Trade Agreement NAICC = National Air Issues Coordinating Committee NAICC-CC = National Air Issues Coordinating Committee for Climate Change NAPCC = National Action Program on Climate Change NCCP = National Climate Change Process NGO = Non-Government Organization NSERC = National Science and Engineering Research Council PEO = Public Education and Outreach PERD = Program of Energy Research and Development PERRL = Pilot Emissions Removals, Reductions and Learning (initiative) PERT = Pilot Emissions Reduction Trading (project) PFC = Perfluorocarbon RAD = Reforestation, Aforestation and Deforestation REDI = Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative RRAP = Residential Rehabilitation Assistance Program RWIS = Road Weather Information System SCCC = Soil Conservation Council of Canada SDTF = Sustainable Development Technology Fund SME = Small and Medium-size Enterprise TDM = Transport Demand Management TEAM = Technology Early Action Measures TMWG = Targeted Measures Working Group TPC = Technology Partnerships Canada TPWG = Tradeable Permits Working Group UMFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change VCR = Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc. WTO = World Trade Organization Other Annex I Parties ATCO Electric Bonn ÉcoGESte EPCOR GEMCO Kyoto Mechanisms Kyoto Protocol Marrakech TransAlta Other SourcesLink has bit-rotted (surprise - not): http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ago/about/glossary.html The Australian Greenhouse Office Glossary page Link has bit-rotted http://www.emissionstrading.com/index_glossary.htm" The Cantor-Fitzgerald Emissions Trading Glossary Courtesy Harper government, this organization (and website) no longer exist http://www.nrtee-trnee.ca/emissionstrading/en/overview_glossary.htm National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy Domestic Emissions Trading Glossary Link has bit-rotted: http://www.fluorocarbons.org/frame.htm?g-info/glossary/glossary.htm The European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee Glossary page Link has bit-rotted: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggrpt/glossary.html U.S. Energy Information Administration Greenhouse Gases Glossary This website is powered by renewable
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