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SUHI
Surface urban heat island
TFM
Technology Facilitation Mechanism
TFSC
Thin-film solar cells
TGO
Transgenic organism
UCG
Underground coal gasification
UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UHI
Urban heat island
UMD
University of Maryland
UNC
United Nations Charter
UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCLOS
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCSD
UN Conference on Sustainable Development
UNDM
UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to
National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
UNDP
UN Development Programme
UNEP
UN Environment Programme
UNFCCC
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFF
UN Forum on Forests
US
United States of America
USEPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
VEI
Volcanic Explosivity Index
W2030
Our World 2030
WCED
World Committee on Environment and Development
WCRP
World Climate Research Programme
WEC
World Energy Council
WHC
World Heritage Convention
WHO
World Health Organization
WHYMAP
World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment
Programme
WNA
World Nuclear Association
WSSD
World Summit on Sustainable Development
WTO
World Trade Organization
WWAP
UN World Water Assessment Program
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
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