Renewable energy

List of acronyms AGECC Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change

BAU Business-as-usual CCS

CDM CO2 ECN

EEA EIA ELI

EREC EU EU ETS

GDP GER GHG

GSI

HRS IEA

IIASA

ILO IOE

IPCC IQ IRENA ITIF ITUC LCOE

Carbon capture and storage Clean Development Mechanism

CENBIO Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass

Carbon dioxide

DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

European Environment Agency Energy Information Administration Environmental Law Institute

European Renewable Energy Council

ESMAP Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme

European Union

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

Gross domestic product Green Economy Report Greenhouse gas

GNESD Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development

Global Subsidies Initiative High Road Strategies

International Energy Agency

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

International Labour Organization

International Organisation of Employers

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Intelligence quotient

International Renewable Energy Agency

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

International Trade Union Confederation

Levelised cost of energy

MDGs Millennium Development Goals MI

Millennium Institute

NH3

NOX NRC

NREL OECD OPEC

Ammonia

NMVOCs Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds

Nitrogen oxides National Research Council

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

PFM Public Finance Mechanism PM10

PV Photovoltaic R&D REN RPS

SHSs SO2

SRREN T21

Particulate matter of 10 microns in diameter or smaller

Research and development Renewable energy

Renewables portfolio standard Solar household systems Sulfur dioxide

Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (IPCC)

Threshold 21 model (Millennium Institute)

UN DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP UNEP

United Nations Development Programme

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP SEFI United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization

WEO World Energy Outlook WHO World Health Organization WMO World Meteorological Organization WTO World Trade Organization WWEA World Wind Energy Association

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