Environmental Abbreviations
Every area of business has its own list of abbreviations. Here is a list of environmental abbreviations that you are most likely to come across.
| AD | Anaerobic digestion |
| AMR | Automatic meter reading |
| AFV | Alternatively fuelled vehicle |
| BECCS | Biomass energy carbon capture and storage |
| BTL | Biomass to liquid |
| CBM | Compact biomethane |
| CCA | Climate Change Agreement |
| CCC | Committee on Climate Change |
| CCL | Climate Change Levy |
| CCS | Carbon capture and storage |
| CDP | Previously known as the Carbon Disclosure Project |
| CF | Conversion factor |
| CHP | Combined heat and power |
| CMP | Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol |
| CNG | Compact natural gas |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CO2e | Carbon dioxide equivalent |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| COP21 | 21st annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties (held at Paris in December 2015) |
| CRC | Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme) |
| CV | Calorific Value |
| DME | Di-methyl ether |
| DICI | Direct injection compression ignition (refers to modern diesel engine) |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| ESOS | Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| EU ETS | European Union Emissions Trading System |
| EV | Electric vehicle |
| FCV | Fuel cell vehicle |
| FQD | Fuel Quality Directive |
| FIT | Feed in tariff |
| GHGs | Greenhouse gases |
| GMST | Global mean surface temperature |
| GTL | Gas to liquid (usually synthetic diesel made from natural gas) |
| GWh | Gigawatt hour |
| GTL | Biomass to liquid |
| HEV | Hybrid electric vehicle |
| INDC | Intended nationally determined contributions |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| kWh | Kilowatt hour |
| LBM | Liquefied biomethane |
| LNG | Liquefied natural gas |
| LULUCF | Land use, land use change and forestry |
| MWh | Megawatt hour |
| MtCO2 | Million tonnes of carbon dioxide |
| MtCO2e | Million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent |
| NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (Nasdaq) |
| NDC | Nationally determined contributions |
| NEDC | New European Driving Cycle |
| NET | Negative emissions technology |
| NIC | National Infrastructure Commission |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| PHEV | Plug-in hybrid vehicle |
| PISI | Port Injection Spark Ignition (refers to modern petrol engine) |
| ppb | parts per billion |
| ppm | parts per million |
| PV | Photovoltaic |
| REDD+ | Reducing deforestation and forest degradation |
| RF | Radiative forcing |
| RHI | Renewable heat incentive |
| RME | Rapeseed methyl ether |
| RTFC | Road transport fuel certificate |
| SECR | Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting |
| SME | Small Medium Enterprise |
| tCO2 | Tonnes of carbon dioxide |
| tCO2e | Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent |
| UKLA | UK Listing Authority |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| VCA | Vehicle Certification Agency |
| WLTP | Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure |
| WTT | Well to tank |
| WTW | Well-to-Wheel |