| A |
Adaptation |
| AC |
Agents of change |
| AC |
Adaptation Committee |
| ADP |
Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Action |
| AFOLU |
Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use |
| AG |
African Group |
| Agenda21 |
United Nations Programme of Action from Rio |
| AIJ |
Activities implemented jointly |
| ALBA |
Alianza Bolivariana de Nuestra America |
| AOSIS |
Alliance of Small Islands States |
| Art. |
Article |
| AWG-LCA |
Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Action |
| B |
Beneficiaries of projects or policies |
| BAP |
Bali Action Plan |
| BASIC |
Brazil, South Africa, India and China |
| BAU |
Business-as-Usual Scenario |
| BINGO |
Business and industry non-governmental organizations |
| CACAM |
Coalition of countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus,
Albania, and the Republic of Moldova |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
Against Women |
| CER |
Certified Emissions Reductions |
| CGE |
Consultative Group of Experts |
| CGIAR |
Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers |
| CNDD |
National Council for Sustainable Development |
| CONAF |
National Forestry Corporation |
| CONDES |
Technical Council of the National Council for Sustainable
Development |
| COP |
Conference of the Parties |
| COP18 |
Eighteenth Session for the Conference of the Parties (2012,
Doha) |
| COP21 |
Twenty-first Session of the Conference of the Parties (2015,
Paris) |
| COPSED |
Planning Committees of Development and Monitoring and
Evaluation |
| CSOs |
Civil Society Organizations |
| CTCN |
Climate Technology Centre and Network |
| EGTT |
Expert Group on Technology Transfer |
| EU |
European Union |
| EVI |
Economic Vulnerability Index |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| G77 |
Group of 77 and China |
| GB |
Gender Balance |
| GCF |
Green Climate Fund |
| GCT App |
Gender Climate Tracker Application |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| GE |
Gender Equality |
| GGCA |
Global Gender and Climate Alliance |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
| GM |
Gender Mainstream |
| GRULAC |
Group of Latin American and Caribbean States |
| GS |
Gender-sensitive |
| HFA |
Hyogo Framework for Action |
| IGOs |
Intergovernmental Organization |
| INDCs |
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions |
| INFOR |
Forestry Institute |
| INSTRAW |
United Nations International Research and Training Institute
for the Advancement of Women |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| LDCs |
Least Developed Countries |
| LEDS |
Low emission development strategies |
| LULUCF |
Use of the land, change of use of the land and forestry |
| M |
Mitigation |
| MEEF |
Ministry of Environment, Water and Forestry |
| MINEE |
Ministry of Water and Energy |
| MRV |
Measurement, Reporting and Verification |
| NAMA |
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions |
| NAP |
National Adaptation Plans |
| NAPA |
National Action Programme of Adaptation to Climate Change |
| NCC |
National Climate Change Committee |
| NCCAMS |
National Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Strategy |
| NCCPF |
National Climate Change Policy Framework |
| NDCs |
Nationally Determined Contributions |
| NEPA |
National Environment Protection Agency |
| NGOs |
Non-governmental Organizations |
| NSSB |
National Strategy for Sustainable Development |
| ONACC |
National Observatory on Climate Change |
| OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSAGI |
Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women |
| Para. |
Paragraph |
| QA |
Quality Assurance |
| QC |
Quality Control |
| REDD+ |
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation |
| REDD+SES |
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation +
Social and Environmental Standards |
| Rio+20 |
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development |
| S |
Stake in climate change-related decision-making |
| SAPCC |
State Action Plan on Climate Change |
| SBI |
Subsidiary Body for Implementation |
| SBSTA |
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice |
| SC |
Standing Committee on Finance |
| SES |
Social and Environmental Standards |
| SIDS |
Small island developing states |
| TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee |
| TEC |
Technology Executive Committee |
| TNA |
National Technological Assessment |
| UG |
Umbrella Group |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UN Women |
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment
of Women |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environmnt Programme |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| VSO |
Voluntary Service Overseas |
| WEDO |
Women's Environment & Development Organization |
| WVG |
Women as 'Vulnerable Group' |
