Abkürzungen & Glossar

  • AGB = Above Ground Biomass 
  • AGCP = Absolute Global Cooling Potential
  • AGWP = Absolute Global Warming Potential
  • BGB = Below Ground Biomass
  • Balancers = Unternehmen (Net-Zero), die CO2-Removals kaufen, um ihren CO2-Fußabdruck zu (über-)kompensieren
  • BCEF = Biomass Conversion and Expansion Factor
  • BC = Biochar / Biokohle = holzkohleähnliche Substanz hergestellt durch Pyrolyse
  • CAs = Corresponding Adjustments
  • CCS = Carbon Capture and Storage
  • CCU = Carbon Capture and Utilization
  • CDR = Carbon Dioxide Removal / CO2-Removal
  • CFIs = Carbon Farming Initiatives
  • CO2 = Kohlenstoffdioxid 
  • COP27 = 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change = UN climate change convention
  • CORCS = CO2 Removal Certificates
  • Carbon Pool 
  • Carbon Removals = CO2-Removals
  • Cooling = Entfernung von CO2 aus der Erdatmosphäre zur Speicherung woanders  (in t CO2 equivalent / Jahr)
  • CRCF = Carbon Removal Certification Framework
  • CSI = Carbon Standards International
  • C-sink = CO2-Senken sind kurz- oder langfristige Speicher von organischem Material und dem damit verbundenen CO2
  • CSR = Corporate Social Responsibility
  • CSRD = Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (from EU)
  • DW = Dead Wood
  • EBI = European Biochar Industry Consortium
  • ESG = Environmental Social Governance
  • GAP = Good Agroforestry Practices
  • GHGP = Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • GWP = Global Warming Potential / Treibhauspotential
  • Growers = Bauern + Tree Planting Partners (TPP)
  • HWP = Harvested Wood Product 
  • IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • LTA = Long Term Average
  • MPTS = Multiple Purpose Tree Species = Bäume, die auch für andere Zwecke außer Holz genutzt werden, z. B. Obstbäume
  • MRV = Measurement, Reporting and Verification / Messung, Berichterstattung und Verifizierung
  • NDCs = Nationally Determined Contributions / Nationale Klimabeiträge
  • NBS = Nature-based Solutions 
  • PES = Payment for Environmental Services
  • ppm = parts per million
  • SaaS = Software as a Service
  • SBTi = Science Based Targets Initiative
  • SDGs = Sustainable Development Goals / Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung
  • TC = Timber Construction / Holzbau
  • THG = Treibhausgas
  • TNCR = temporary nature-based carbon removal | TREEO nature-based carbon removal 
  • TPP = Tree Planting Partner / Baumpflanzpartner
  • TTB = Total Tree Biomass = Gesamttrockengewicht aller Baumteile
  • UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • VCM = Voluntary Carbon Market / Freiwilliger Kohenstoffmarkt