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AA ~ Alternatives Analysis
AAL – Applied Action Level
AAQS ~ Ambient Air Quality Standards
APCD ~ Air Pollution Control District
ATSDR – Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease RegistryACC ~ Anthropogenic Climate Change
AFOLU ~ Agriculture, Forestry & Other Land Use
AGCM ~ Atmospheric General Circulation Model
AIS ~ Antarctic Ice Sheet
AMMPA ~ Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums
AMO ~ Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
AMOC ~ Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
AMSU ~ Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
AO ~ Arctic Oscillation
AOD ~ Aerosol optical depth
AR ~ Atmospheric river
AGU ~ American Geophysical Union
AILAC ~ Indpendent Association for Latin America and the Caribbean
AOSIS ~ Alliance of Small Island States AR6 Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC)
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BLI ~ BirdLife International
BTR ~ Biennial transparency report
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CAFF ~ Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
CBC ~ Community-based conservation
CBCFDG ~ China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
CBD ~ Convention on Biological Diversity
CBDR~RC ~ Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities
CBNRM ~ Community-based natural resource management
CDM ~ Clean Development Mechanism
CfRN ~ Coalition for Rainforest Nations
CIC ~ International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
CITES ~ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CMA ~ Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement
CMP ~ Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol
COP Conference of the Parties
CPW ~ Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management
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DIC ~ Dissolved inorganic carbon
DJF ~ December~January~February
DoD SERDP ~ US Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
DOE ~ US Department of Energy
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EA ~ Environmental Assessment
EAAFP ~ East Asian~Australasian Flyway Partnership
EIG ~ Environmental Integrity Group
EIS ~ Environmental impact statement
ES ~ Ecosystem services
ETF ~ Enhanced Transparency Framework
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FTA ~ Fnancial and technical assistance
FZS ~ Frankfurt Zoological Society
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GBIF ~ the Global Biodviersity Information Facility
GEF ~ Global Environment Facility
GGA ~ Global Goal on Adaptation
GHG ~ Greenhouse gases
GNF ~ Global Nature Fund
GST ~ Global Stocktake
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HSI ~ the Humane Society International
HSI ~Australia ~ the Humane Society International ~ Australia
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ICCAs ~ Indigenous & community conserved areas
ICDPs ~ Integrated Conservation & Development Projects
ICF ~ International Crane Foundation
IFAW ~ International Fund for Animal Welfare
IPBES Secretariat ~ The Intergovernmental Science~Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPCC ~ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ITTO ~ International Tropical Timber Organization
IUCN ~ International Union for Conservation of Nature
IUCN ~ ELC ~ International Union for Conservation of Nature ~ Environmental Law Centre
IWC ~ International Whaling Commission
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KCI ~ Katowice Committee on Impacts
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LDCs ~ Least developed countries
LEG ~ LDC Expert Group
LMDCs ~ Like~Minded Group of Developing Countries
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MWP ~ Mitigation ambition and implementation work programme
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NAPs ~ National adaptation plans
NC ~ Natural capital
NCPs ~ Nature's Contributions to People
NCQG ~ New collective quantified goal
NDCs ~ Nationally determined contributions
NMAs ~ Non~market Approaches
NOAA ~ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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O3 ~ Ozone
ODBA ~ Ocean Dumping Ban Act; also known as the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA)
OECMs ~ Other effective area-based conservation measures
O/M ~ Operation and Maintenance
OPA ~ Oil Pollution Act
OSHA ~ Occupational Safety and Health Act
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PES ~ Payments for ecosystem services
PCCB ~ Paris Committee on Capacity~building
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QA ~ Quality Assurance
QC ~ Quality Control
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RACT ~ Reasonably Available Control Technology
RAF ~ Relative Absorption Factor
RAM ~ Release Abatement Measure
RC ~ Reportable Concentration
RCRA ~ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RfC ~ Reference Concentration
RfD ~ Reference Dose
RFP ~ Request for Proposals
RGP ~ Remediation General Permit (US EPA )
RI/FS ~ Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study
RIP ~ Remedy Implementation Plan
RLF ~ Release Log Form
RLFA ~ Release Log Form Amendment
RNF ~ Release Notification Form
ROD ~ Record of Decision
ROS ~ Remedy Operation Status
RP ~ either: (a) Responsible Party or (b) Respirable Particulates
RQ ~ Reportable Quantity
RQD ~ Rock Quality Designation
RRT ~ Regional Response Team
RTECS ~ Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances
RTN ~ Release Tracking Number
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SBs ~ Subsidiary Bodies
SBI ~ Subsidiary Body for Implementation
SBSTA ~ Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
SCF ~ Standing Committee on Finance SIDS Small island developing states
SCF ~ Sahara Conservation Fund
SPREP ~ Pacific Regional Environment Programme
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TUI AG ~ TUI Aktiengesellschaft
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UNCCD ~ United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification
UNESCO ~ United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC ~ UN Framework Convention on Climate Change WIM Warsaw International Mechanism on loss and damage
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VC - Vinyl Chloride
VI ~ Vapor Intrusion
~ Volume Ingested
VOC - Volatile Organic Compound
VPH - Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons
VR - Volume Respired
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WAZA ~ World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
WCS ~ Wildlife Conservation Society
WDC ~ Whale and Dolphin Conservation
WHMSI ~ Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative
WI ~ Wetlands International
WIM ~ ExCom WIM Executive Committee
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Acronyms
This is a very incipient listing; much more to come.