Useful information

Climate Change terminology



UNEP – UN Environment Program
COP – Conference of Parties
GHG – Greenhouse Gas
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
UNFCCC – UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNDP – UN Development Program
CDM – Clean Development Mechanism

CH4 – methane
N2O – nitrous oxide
CO2 – carbon dioxide
CO – carbon oxide
NMH – non methane carbon hydrogen
CFC – chlorofluorocarbons
HFC – hydrofluorocarbons
PFC – perfluorocarbons
SF6 – sulphur hexafluoride
CCL4 – carbon tetrachloride
SO2 – sulphur dioxide

27-04-2006