APPENDIX E
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AIE | aerosol indirect effect |
AOD | aerosol optical depth |
CAA | Clean Air Act |
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
CCAC | Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants |
CCN | cloud condensation nuclei |
CCT | cirrus cloud thinning |
CDR | carbon dioxide removal |
CLIVAR | Climate and Ocean—Variability, Predictability, and Change |
CLRTAP | Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
CPT | Climate Process Team |
CWA | Clean Water Act |
DECIMALS | Developing Country Impacts Modelling Analysis for Solar Radiation Management |
DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
EIS | environmental impact statement |
ENMOD | Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FACE | Free-Air CO2 Enrichment |
FDAAA | Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act |
FDAMA | Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act |
FIREX-AQ | Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality |
GAO | U.S. Government Accountability Office |
GeoMIP | Geoengineering Modeling Intercomparison Project |
GEOSS | Group on Earth Observations |
GHG | greenhouse gas |
GLENS | Geoengineering Large Ensemble |
GT | gigaton |
IAC | InterAcademy Council |
IAM | integrated assessment model |
IAP | InterAcademy Partnership |
IAP2 | International Association for Public Participation |
ICH | International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use |
ICMJE | International Committee of Medical Journal Editors |
ICTRP | International Clinical Trials Registry Platform |
INP | ice nucleating particle |
IP | intellectual property |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IR | infrared |
ISC | International Science Council |
ISSCR | International Society for Stem Cell Research |
LBA | Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia |
LC/LP | London Convention and London Protocol |
LES | large eddy simulation |
MCB | marine cloud brightening |
MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder |
MSPES | Multi-Site Public Engagement with Science–Synthetic Biology |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
NDC | nationally determined contribution |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPP | net primary production |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
ODA | Ocean Dumping Act |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
POC | pocket of open cells |
R&D | research and development |
RCP | Representative Concentration Pathway |
RF | radiative forcing |
RRI | responsible research and innovation |
SAI | stratospheric aerosol injection |
SCAR | Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
SCoPEx | Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment |
SDGs | United Nations Sustainable Development Goals |
SG | solar geoengineering |
SPICE | Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering |
SRM | solar radiation management |
SRMGI | Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative |
SSP | Shared Socioeconomic Pathway |
TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
UN | United Nations |
UNCLOS | UN Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNEA | UN Environment Assembly |
UNEP | UN Environment Programme |
UNESCO | UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNFCCC | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USGCRP | U.S. Global Change Research Program |
UT | upper troposphere |
UV | ultraviolet |
WCRP | World Climate Research Programme |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WMRA | Weather Modification Reporting Act |
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