Abbreviations

ACCCRN Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network

ADB                Asian Development Bank

AECEN        Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network

AMDGO       Albay Millennium Development Goals Office (Philippines)

AP-HDNet    Asia-Pacific Human Development Network

APHDR       Asia-Pacific Human Development Report

APRC           Asia-Pacific Regional Centre

APSEMO     Albay Public Safety and Emergency Office (Philippines)

ASEAN      Association of Southeast Asian Nations

CCA            Climate Change Adaptation

CCCI     Cities and Climate Change Initiative

CDM            Clean Development Mechanism

CFL            Compact Fluorescent Lamp

CIRCA       Centre for Initiatives and Research for Climate Adaptation (Philippines)

CO2e           Carbon Dioxide Equivalent

CRed           Community Carbon Reduction Programme (UK)

CSE             Centre for Science and Environment (India)

EIA              Energy Information Administration (USA)

EIU              Economist Intelligence Unit

EU FLEGT   Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Action Plan of the European Union

FAO      Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GBI             Green Building Index

GDP            Gross Domestic Product

GEF            Global Environment Facility

GHG           Greenhouse Gas

GLOF         Glacial Lake Outburst Flood

GNI             Gross National Income

GPS            Global Positioning System

HDI             Human Development Index

IAEA          International Atomic Energy Agency

ICCTF       Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund

ICIMOD   International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

ICLEI    Local Governments for Sustainability

ICT            Information and Communication Technology

IEA           International Energy Agency


IFAD   International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFFCO  Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited

IGIF          Indonesia Green Investment Fund

ILO          International Labour Organization

IPCC        Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPR          Intellectual Property Rights

LDC         Least Developed Country

LED         Light-Emitting Diode

LGU        Local Government Unit

LMMA    Locally Managed Marine Area

LPG         Liquefied Petroleum Gas

MAFF     Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

MDG       Millennium Development Goal

MEGTW Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water

MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise

MtCO2    Million Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide

Mtoe        Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent

NAMA    Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action

NAPA     National Adaptation Programme of Action

NCCCA  National Conference on Climate Change Adaptation (Philippines)

NDRC     National Development and Reform Commission (China)

NEDA     National Economic Development Authority (Philippines)

NTFP      Non-Timber Forest Product

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OPEC      Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

PACC      Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project

PCT         Patent Cooperation Treaty

PIFS        Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

PPP         Purchasing Power Parity

RECOFTC      Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and Pacific

REDD+           Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

SAARC           South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SME Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise

SPREP     South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

TERI The Energy and Resources Institute (India)

TRIPS       Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UNDESA    United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs


UNDP         United Nations Development Programme

UNEP          United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCAP   United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

UNESCO     United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC     United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Programme

UNICEF       United Nations Children’s Fund

UNISDR       United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

UN-REDD    United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries

UN WOMEN United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

USAID       United States Agency for International Development

VAT              Value Added Tax

VSPP            Very Small Power Producer Programme (Thailand)

WBCSD      World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WHO      World Health Organization

WIPO      World Intellectual Property Organization

WRI              World Resources Institute

WTO      World Trade Organization