Finance

List of acronyms A/R

ADB AUM BAU

BCBS

BES BIS

CCX

CDM CERC

COP DFI

EBRD EIB ESG

EU ETS FDI

FSB G20 GEF GDP GHG GIB GRI IEA IFC

IFLS IIRC IMF IPCC

KfW KP

Afforestation and Reforestation Asian Development Bank Assets under management Business-as-usual

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Biodiversity and Ecosystem

The Bank for International Settlement Chicago Climate Exchange

Clean Development Mechanisms

Search Results Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

Conference of Parties Development Finance Institutions

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

European Investment Bank

Environmental, Social and Governance

EU Emissions Trading System Foreign Direct Investment

FMO The Netherlands Development Finance Company

Financial Stability Board Group of Twenty

Global Environment Facility Gross Domestic Product Greenhouse gas

Green Investment Bank Global Reporting Initiative International Energy Agency

International Finance Corporation

International Financial Services London

International Integrated Reporting Committee

International Monetary Fund

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

German Development Bank Kyoto Protocol

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

SWFs TEEB

UNDP REN21 RICS R&D REDD

MFIs Microfinance Institutions NAMAs Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Measures

ODA OECD PE

PFMs PRI

Official Development Assistance

Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development

Private equity Public Financing Mechanism

United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment

Research and Development

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Sovereign wealth funds

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP FI United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative

UNEP SBCI United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative UNEP

SEFI

United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UOT VC Universal Ownership Theory

US SEC U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Venture capital

WBCSD The World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WEF World Economic Forum WFE World Federation of Exchanges WRI World Resource Institute WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

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