List of Abbreviations A&RCC – Adaptation & Resilience to Climate NDCs = Nationally Determined Contributions Change NHMSs – National Meteorological and AAP – Ambient Air Pollution Hydrological Services AUM – Assets Under Management NHS- National Health Service BEV – Battery Electric Vehicle NOx – Nitrogen Oxide CDP – Carbon Disclosure Project OECD – Organization for Economic CFU – Climate Funds Update Cooperation and Development CO2 – Carbon Dioxide PHEV – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle COP – Conference of the Parties PM2.5 – Fine Particulate Matter COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary PV – Photovoltaic Disease SDG – Sustainable Development Goal CPI – Consumer Price Indices SDU – Sustainable Development Unit DALYs – Disability Adjusted Life Years SHUE – Sustainable Healthy Urban DPSEEA – Driving Environments SO2 – Sulphur Dioxide ECMWF – European Centre for SSS – Sea Surface Salinity Weather Forecasts SST – Sea Surface Temperature EJ – Exajoule tCO2 – Tons of Carbon Dioxide EM-DAT – Emergency Events Database tCO2/TJ – Total Carbon Dioxide per Terajoule ERA – European Research Area TJ – Terajoule ETR – Environmental Tax Reform TPES – Total Primary Energy Supply ETS – Emissions Trading System TWh – Terawatt Hours EU – European Union UN – United Nations EU28 – 28 European Union Member States UNFCCC – United Nations Framework FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of Convention on Climate Change the United Nations UNGA – United Nations General Assembly FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung UNGD – United Nations General Debate FISE – Social Inclusion Energy Fund VC – Vectorial Capacity GBD – Global Burden of Disease WHO – World Health Organization GDP – Gross Domestic Product WMO – World Meteorological Organization GHG – Greenhouse Gas GtCO2 – Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide GW – Gigawatt GWP – Gross World Product HAB – Harmful Algal Blooms HIC – High Income Countries ICS – Improved Cook Stove IEA – International Energy Agency IHR – International Health Regulations IPC – Infection Prevention and Control IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRENA - International Renewable Energy Agency LMICs – Low and Middle Income Countries LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas Mt – Megaton MtCO2e – Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent NAP – National Adaptation Plan
List of Abbreviations A&RCC – Adaptation & Resilience to Climate Change AAP – Ambient Air Pollution AUM – Assets Under Management BEV – Battery Electric Vehicle CDP – Carbon Disclosure Project CFU – Climate Funds Update CO2 – Carbon Dioxide COP – Conference of the Parties COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease CPI – Consumer Price Indices DALYs – Disability Adjusted Life Years DPSEEA – Driving ECMWF – European Centre for Weather Forecasts EJ – Exajoule EM-DAT – Emergency Events Database ERA – European Research Area ETR – Environmental Tax Reform ETS – Emissions Trading System EU – European Union EU28 – 28 European Union Member States FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung FISE – Social Inclusion Energy Fund GBD – Global Burden of Disease GDP – Gross Domestic Product GHG – Greenhouse Gas GtCO2 – Gigatons of Carbon Dioxide GW – Gigawatt GWP – Gross World Product HAB – Harmful Algal Blooms HIC – High Income Countries ICS – Improved Cook Stove IEA – International Energy Agency IHR – International Health Regulations IPC – Infection Prevention and Control IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRENA - International Renewable Energy Agency LMICs – Low and Middle Income Countries LPG – Liquefied Petroleum Gas Mt – Megaton MtCO2e – Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent NAP – National Adaptation Plan NDCs = Nationally Determined Contributions NHMSs – National Meteorological and Hydrological Services NHS- National Health Service NOx – Nitrogen Oxide OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PHEV – Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle PM2.5 – Fine Particulate Matter PV – Photovoltaic SDG – Sustainable Development Goal SDU – Sustainable Development Unit SHUE – Sustainable Healthy Urban Environments SO2 – Sulphur Dioxide SSS – Sea Surface Salinity SST – Sea Surface Temperature tCO2 – Tons of Carbon Dioxide tCO2/TJ – Total Carbon Dioxide per Terajoule TJ – Terajoule TPES – Total Primary Energy Supply TWh – Terawatt Hours UN – United Nations UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNGA – United Nations General Assembly UNGD – United Nations General Debate VC – Vectorial Capacity WHO – World Health Organization WMO – World Meteorological Organization