Carbon Finance Glossary

[edit] Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Associated with Carbon Markets

CCX - Chicago Climate Exchange
CFCs - Chlorofluorocarbons
CDM - Clean Development Mechanism
CER - Certified Emission Reductions (unit of greenhouse gas emission reductions, measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
CFU - Carbon Finance Unit (World Bank)
EU ETS - European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
GHG - Greenhouse Gas
GWP - Global Warning Potential
HCFCs - Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HFCs - Hydrofluorocarbons
IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
PCF - Prototype Carbon Fund (World Bank Carbon Finance Unit)
RYCF - Real Yellow Carbon Fiber (automobile dahsboard kits)
VER - Voluntary Emissions Reduction