Abbreviations and acronyms

Acronym or Abbreviation

Description

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Carbon sink

A carbon, or emissions, sink removes more carbon than it emits. The removed carbon is stored, often in the form of growing vegetation.

CO2

Carbon dioxide; a greenhouse gas

CO2-e

Carbon dioxide equivalent

DoISER

Australian Government Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources

Emissions

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

FullCAM

Full Carbon Accounting Model

GSP

Gross State Product

HFCs

Hydrofluorocarbons

Histosols

A soil consisting primarily of organic materials

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPPU

Industrial Processes and Product Use

LULUCF

Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry

Mt

Megatonnes

N2O

Nitrous oxide

STGGI

State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories

t

Tonnes

Time series

A sequence of data taken at successive equally spaced points in time

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change