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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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