ACRONYMS AND
ABBREVIATIONS
AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
AD
accelerated depreciation
ADIs
acceptable daily intakes
AEIC
American Energy Innovation Council
BNDES
Brazilian Development Bank
BNEF
Bloomberg New Energy Finance
CDB
China Development Bank
CDM
Clean Development Mechanism
CDP
Carbon Disclosure Project
CFC
chlorofluorocarbon
CFS
UN Food and Agricultural Organization’s Committee on
Food Security
CGPE
Centre for Global Political Economy
CIGS
copper indium gallium (di)selenide solar panels
COP
UNFCCC conferences of parties
DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DEFRA
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DOE
Department of Energy (of the United States)
EC
European Commission
EEA
European Environment Agency
ENSSR
European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental
Responsibility
EPA
US Environmental Protection Agency
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FDA
US Food and Drug Administration
FIT
feed-in tariff