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Appendix B Acronyms ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ASCEND 21
International Conference on an Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century
CFCs
Chlorofluorocarbons
CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CSD
Commission on Sustainable Development (UN)
EMEP
Geneva Protocol on Long-term Financing of the Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe
ENSO
El Niño-Southern Oscillation
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FAO
UN Food and Agricultural Organization
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GHCN
Global Historical Climatology Network
GSG
Global Scenarios Group
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HCFCs
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HFCs
Hydrofluorocarbons
HDI
Human Development Index
IAP
InterAcademy Panel on International Issues
ICSU
International Council for Science
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
IHDP
International Human Dimensions Program
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
IUCN
The World Conservation Union
LTER
NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program
NGO
Nongovernmental organization
NOx
Nitrogen oxides
NAE
National Academy of Engineering
NAS
National Academy of Sciences
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NPPC
Northwest Power Planning Council
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PSR
Pressure-State-Response model
RAINS
Regional Air Pollution Information and Simulation Model
SCOPE
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
START
SysTem for Analysis, Research, and Training
UN
United Nations
UNCED
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janiero, 1992, also known as ''the Earth Summit")
UNCLOS
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCSD
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
UNDP
UN Development Program
UNEP
UN Environment Program
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UNESCO
UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNICEF
UN Children's Fund
VOC
Volatile organic compounds
WGBU
German Advisory Council on Global Change
WCED
World Commission on Environment and Development
WCRP
World Climate Research Program
WHO
World Health Organization
WRI
World Resources Institute
WSC
World Summit for Children
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