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10YFP-SCP 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable
Consumption and Production
AAAA
Addis Ababa Action Agenda
AFOLU
Agriculture, forestry and other land use
AMD
Acid mine drainage
AOGCM
Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model
BAT
Best Available Technique
BECCS
Bioenergy with CCS
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CCS
Carbon dioxide capture and storage
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
CEM
Circular economy model
CFC
Chlorine-fluorine-carbon
CFS
Committee on World Food Security
CGMW
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora
CLCS
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CLIVAR
Climate Variability and Predictability
CMIP5
Coupled Carbon Cycle Climate Model Intercomparison
Project
CMS
Convention on Migratory Species
CPU
Central processing unit
CRC
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRPD
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CSO
Civil Society Organization
DU
Dobson Unit
EC
European Commission
EEA
European Environment Agency
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EfA
Education for All
EIA
Energy Information Administration (U.S.)
EMIC
Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity
EPI
Economic Policy Institute
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
Abbreviations