ACE | Action for Climate Empowerment |
AR4 | IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report |
AR5 | IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report |
ATAG | Air Transport Action Group |
CBA | Cost-Benefit-Analysis |
CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage |
CCU | Carbon Capture and Utilization |
CDR | Carbon Dioxide Removal |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CH4 | methane |
CIEL | Centre for International Environmental Law |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
CO2eq | carbon dioxide equivalent |
CORSIA | Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation |
DESA | Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
DRV | Deutscher Reiseverband [German Travel Association] |
EC | European Commission |
ECA | Emission Control Areas |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EU | European Union |
EU ETS | European Union Emissions Trading Scheme |
GAP on ESC | Global Action Program on Education for Sustainable Development |
GDP | Gross domestic product |
GHG | Greenhouse gases |
GMST | Global Mean Surface Temperature |
Gt | Gigatons [unit] |
HDI | Human Development Index |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
IATA | International Air Transport Association |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICS | International Chamber of Shipping |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
IMO | International Marine Organization |
INDCs | Intended Nationally Determined Contributions |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
LDC | Least Developed Countries |
LEL | Lower Explosive Limit |
LLDC | Landlocked Developing Countries |
LOSC | UN Law of the Sea Convention |
MCC | Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change |
MEP | Member of the European Parliament |
MEPC | Marine Environmental Protection Committee |
micro-CHP | Micro combined heat and power |
MP | Member of the Parliament |
MRO | Maintenance, repair and overhaul services |
MSC | Marine Stewardship Council |
MW | megawatt [unit] |
N2O | dinitrogen monoxide |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAZCA | Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action |
NDCs | Nationally Determined Contributions |
NESS | Necessary element of a sufficient set |
NGO | Non-governmental organization |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
PGC | Principle of Generic Consistency |
ppm | parts per million [unit] |
RCP | Representative Concentration Pathway |
RF | Radiative Forcing |
RTK | Revenue Ton Kilometres, measuring the share in international transport performances |
SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
SR15 | IPCC’s Special Report on 1.5 degrees |
SUV | Sport Utility Vehicle |
t | tonne [unit] |
TED | Technology, Entertainment, Design (e.g. talk or conference) |
UAE | United Arab Emirates |
UEL | Upper Explosive Level |
UK | United Kingdom |
UN | United Nations |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
UNWTO | World Tourism Organization (Specialized Agency of the UN) |
US | United States |
VAT | Value added tax |
vol% | volume percent or percentage by volume [unit] |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |