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 |