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1. A/R Projects

   Afforestation and Reforestation Projects

2. AA and AAU

   Assigned Amount and Assigned Amount Units.

3. AB 32 (Assembly Bill 32)

   The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is an environmental law in California. In 2006, the Legislature passed and Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which set the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal into law.  It directed the California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) to begin developing discrete early actions to reduce greenhouse gases while also preparing a scoping plan to identify how best to reach the 2020 limit.  

4. Abatement

   The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and/or the sequestration of greenhouse gases - i.e. the amount by which a project reduces net greenhouse gas emissions. This is also known as the impact of the project or measure.

5. Accreditation Panel (CDM AP)

   The CDM Accreditation Panel was established to support the Executive Board in the accreditation of designated operational entities and related functions.

6. Accredited Independent Entity (AIE)

   An accredited independent entity conducts the validation of the project design document for a Joint Implementation project. This role is similar to the Designate Operating Entity under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

7. Ad-Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I countries under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP)

   The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex 1 Parties under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is most commonly referred to by its acronym AWG-KP, was established to help develop an agreement to follow on from the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

8. Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long-term cooperative action under the Convention (AWG-LCA)

   The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) is an official body agreed to at the COP13 conference in Bali to facilitate detailed discussions on ways to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change beyond the current expiry date of the Kyoto Protocol. AWG-LCA has the task of seeking to resolve as many of the details of a post-2012 climate change agreement in order to enable an agreed outcome to be adopted at the COP15 conference to be held in Copenhagen in late November and early December 2009.

9. Adaptation fund

   A fund generated by charging an adaptation levy on Certified Emission Reductions generated by Clean Development Mechanism projects. The purpose of the fund is to help particularly vulnerable developing countries meet the costs of adapting to a changing climate.

10. Adaptation Levy

    A levy is applied to all Clean Development Mechanism projects except those in least developed countries (LDCs), to create the Adaptation Fund. It amounts to 2% of the certificates earned by a project activity. The fund will be used to assist LDCs to adapt to climate change.

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