Glossary/Abbreviations

ADB : Asian Development Bank
AIJ : Activities Implemented Jointly
ALGAS : Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy
BAU : Business-as-usual
CDM : clean development mechanism
CERs : certified emissions reductions
CFE : Mexican Federal Electricity Commission
CO : carbon monoxide
CO2 : carbon dioxide
COP : Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC)
CTOs : creditable, tradable offsets
DAC : Development Assistance Committee
DSM : demand side management
DSCR : debt service coverage ratio
ECCJ : Energy Conservation Center of Japan
EEAF : The Environmental Enterprises Assistance Fund
EIT : economies in transition
ERUs : emission reduction units
ESCOs : Energy Services Companies
ESMAP: Joint UNDP/World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme
EU : European Union
FDI : foreign direct investment
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
GEF : Global Environment Facility
GHG : greenhouse gases
GNP : Gross National Product
IBRD : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IDA : International Development Association
IEA : International Energy Agency
IET : international emission trading
IFC : International Finance Corporation
IRR : internal rate of return
JBIC : Japan Bank for International Cooperation
JEXIM : Export-Import Bank of Japan
JI : Joint Implementation
KEMCO : Korea Energy Management Corporation
kWh : kilowatt per hour
LUCF : land use change and forestry
MOCIE : Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy in the Republic of Korea Mtoe : million tons of oil equilivalent
NEDO : New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
NEPO : the National Energy Policy Office in Thailand
NOx : nitrogen oxides
NPV : net present value
ODA : Official Development Assistance
OECD : Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OECF : oversea economic cooperation fund of Japan
PCF : Prototype Carbon Fund
PDF : Project Development and Preparation Facility
PPI : Private Participation in Infrastructure
ROI: return on investment
R/P ratio: reserve/production ratio
SOx: sulphur oxides
SPPs: small power producers
SPREP: South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme
STAP: Scientific and Advisory Panel
TERI: Tata Energy Research Institute
TOE: tonnes of oil equivalent
UNCED : United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
US-AEP: The United States-Asia Environmental Partnership
USAID: The United States Agency for International Development