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
