List of Acronyms in the Sustainability Space


  • ACORE  American Council on Renewable Energy
  • CDM  Clean Development Mechanism
  • CEC  California Energy Commission
  • CFC  chlorofluorocarbon
  • CHP  Combined Heat and Power
  • CSD Commission on Sustainable Development
  • CSP  Concentrating Solar Power
  • DOE  Designated Operational Entity 
               Department Of Energy
  • ECOSOC  Economic and Social Council of the UN
  • EdF  Electricite de France
  • EEG  Erneureubare Energien Gesetz 
             (Renewable Energy Sources Act)
  • ESA  European Space Agency
  • EURATOM  European Atomic Energy Community
  • FAO  Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
  • FAZ  Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • GATT  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
  • GNP  Gross National Product
  • HTR  High Temperature Reactor
  • IAEA  International Atomic Energy Agency
  • IEA  International Energy Agency
  • IMF  International Monetary Fund
  • IPCC  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • IPHE  International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy
  • IRENA  International Renewable Energy Agency
  • ISO  International Organization for Standardization
  • JI  Joint Implementation
  • JREC  Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition
  • LNG  Liquid Natural Gas
  • NGO Non-Governmental Organization
  • NICE  Nuclear Information Committee Europe
  • NPT  Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • OECD  Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • OPEC  Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  • OPURE  Open University for Renewable Energies
  • PV  Photo Voltaic
  • PV-GAP  Photovoltaic Global Accreditation Programme
  • R&D  Research and Development
  • RECS  Renewable Energy Certification System
  • RFF  Resources For the Future
  • ROC  Renewable Obligation Certificate
  • RPS  Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard
  • SEI  Strategic Environment Initiative
  • START  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
  • TEHG  Treibhausgas Emissionshandelsgesetz 
              (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Law)
  • TOE  Tons of Oil Equivalent
  • UN  United Nations
  • UNDP  UN Development Program
  • UNEP  UN Environment Program
  • UNESCO  UN Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization
  • VDMA  German Engineering Federation
  • WCRE  World Council for Renewable Energy
  • WEC  World Energy Conference
  • WHO  World Health Organization
  • WSSD  World Summit on Sustainable Development
  • WTO  World Trade Organization
  • WWF  World Wildlife Fund

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