LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

1 10 | Prototype Global Sustainable development Report LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS . AEDP Alternative Energy development Plan HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus ALPS Alternative Pathways towards Sustainable HDI Human development Index development and Climate Stabilization HFA Hyogo Framework for Action HLPF High-Level Political Forum On Sustainable BAU Business-As-Usual development BRICS Brazil Russia India China South Africa HSDI Human Sustainable development Index CBD Convention on Biological Diversity IAASTD International Assessment of Agricultural CBDR Common But Differentiated Responsibility Knowledge, Science and Technology for CCS carbon capture And sequestration development CDP Committee for development Policy IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency CEB Chief Executives Board for Coordination ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization CLEW Climate-Land-Energy-Water ICSU International Council for Science CLEWD Climate-Land-Energy-Water- development ICUN International Union for Conservation of Nature CLEWS Climate-Land-Energy-Water-Water Strategies IEA International Energy Agency CLEWs Global Resource Scenarios Of The Climate-Land- IEAE International Atomic Energy Agency Energy And Water Nexus IFAD International Fund for

2 Agricultural development COP Conference of Parties IGSAs Intergovernmental Scientific Assessments CSD United Nations Commission on Sustainable IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis development ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund DAC development Assistance Committee IMO International Maritime Organization DAU Dynamics-As-Usual IOM International Organization for Migration DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program IPBES Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and DSD Division for Sustainable development (of the United Ecosystem Services Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs)

3 IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPSO International Programme on the State of the Ocean ECESA United Nations Executive Committee on Economic ISA Integrated Sustainability Assessment and Social Affairs ISEW Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare ECOSOC Economic and Social Council ISSC International Social Science Council ECLAC United Nations Economic Commission for Latin ITC International Trade Centre America and the Caribbean ITU International Telecommunication Union EJ Exajoule EPR Environmental Performance Review JPOI Johannesburg Plan of Implementation Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities EVI Enhanced Vegetation Index KTH Kungliga Tekniska H gskolan (the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden).

4 FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations LDCs Least Developed Countries FEEM Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei LLDCs Landlocked Developing Countries forex Foreign Exchange Market MDG Millennium development Goal GA General Assembly MEA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment GBO Global Biodiversity Outlook MEW Measure of Economic Welfare GDP Gross Domestic Product MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency GEA Global Energy Assessment MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer GEO Global Environment Outlook GHG Greenhouse Gas NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index GIS Geographic Information System NSC National Safety Council GLUCOSE Global Least-cost User-friendly CLEWs Open-Source NCSA National Center for Statistical Analysis Exploratory model NCTR National Center for Transit Research GNI Gross National Income NGO Non-Governmental Organization GNP Gross National Product NHTS National Household Transportation Survey GPI Genuine Progress Indicator NIPA National Income And Product Account GSG Global Scenario Group NNP Net National Product GSP High-level Panel on Global Sustainability NNS Net National Saving NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration HANPP Human Appropriation Of Net Primary Production NRC United States

5 National Research Council Executive Summary | 11. ODA Official development Assistance UN DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Affairs development UNDG United Nations development Group OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for UNDP United Nations development Programme Human Rights UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe OHRLLS Office of the High-Representative for the Least UNEP United Nations Environment Programme Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Countries and Small Island Developing States Organization OSEMOSYS Open Source Energy Modelling System UN ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the OWG Open Working Group Pacific UN ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia PBL Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate PPP Purchasing Power Parity Change PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests UNFIP United Nations Fund for International Partnerships R&D Research And development UNFPA United Nations Population Fund RES Reference Energy System UNGA United

6 Nations General Assembly RES United Nations Resolution UN-Habitat United Nations Human Settlements Programme RITE Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Earth Refugees ROI(s) Return(S) On Investment UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund RSN-4 Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Fishery UNICRI United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Body Secretariats Network Research Institute UNIDO United Nations Industrial development Organization SAB Scientific Advisory Board UNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster SBSTA Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Reduction Advice UNMAS United Nations Mine Action Service SBSTTA Subsidiary Body on Scientific.

7 Technical and UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services Technological Advice UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social SCBD Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity development SD21 Sustainable development in the 21st Century UNSC United Nations Security Council SDA Shared development Agenda UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of SDG Sustainable development Goal Atomic Radiation SDM Security Distributing and Marketing UNSD United Nations Statistics Division SDSN Sustainable development Solutions Network UNTT United Nations System Task Team SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the SEEA United Nations Statistical Commission's System of Empowerment of Women Environmental-Economic Accounting UNWWAP United Nations World Water Assessment Programme SEI Stockholm Environment Institute USDA United States Department of Agriculture SG Secretary General USFWS United States Department of Fish and Wildlife SIDS Small Island Developing States Service SNAs System of National Accounts SPM Summary for Policymakers WB World Bank SRES Special Report on Emissions Scenarios WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable development SUMAMAD Sustainable

8 Management of Marginal Drylands WDI World development Indicators SUNY ESF State University of New York - College of WEC World Energy Council Environmental Science and Forestry WEF World Economic Forum WEO World Economic Outlook TFSD Task Force for Measuring Sustainable development WESP World Economic Situation and Prospects TSIA Trade Sustainability Impact Assessments WESS World Economic and Social Survey TWAS The World Academy of Sciences WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization UCDP Uppsala Conflict Data Program WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS WITCH World Induced Technical Change Hybrid UNCCD United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification WMO World Meteorological Organization UNCDF United Nations Capital development Fund WTO World Trade Organization UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law WWF World Wildlife Fund UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and development