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Abbreviations & Glossary
AGB = Above Ground Biomass
AGCP = Absolute Global Cooling Potential
AGWP = Absolute Global Warming Potential
BGB = Below Ground Biomass
Balancers = Companies (net-zero) buying CO2 removals to (over-)compensate their CO2 footprint
BCEF = Biomass Conversion and Expansion Factor
BC = Biochar = charcoal-like substance by pyrolysis
CAs = Corresponding Adjustments
CCS = Carbon Capture and Storage
CCU = Carbon Capture and Utilization
CDR = Carbon Dioxide Removal
CFIs = Carbon Farming Initiatives
CO2 = Carbon Dioxide
COP27 = 27
th
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
Cooling = Removal of carbon from earth's atmosphere and storage elsewhere (in t CO2 equivalent / year)
CRCF = Carbon Removal Certification Framework
CSI =
Carbon Standards International
C-sink = Carbon sinks are short-term or long-term storage of organic material and the associated carbon
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
GHG = Greenhouse Gas
GHGP = Greenhouse Gas Protocol
GWP = Global Warming Potential
Growers = Farmers + Tree Planting Partners (TPP)
HWP = Harvested Wood Product
IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
LTA = Long Term Average
MPTS = Multiple Purpose Tree Species
(Trees that are used for different purposes in addition to wood. Fruit trees for example.)
MRV = Measurement, Reporting and Verification
NDCs = Nationally Determined Contributions
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
TC = Timber Construction
TNCR = temporary nature based carbon removal | TREEO nature based carbon removal
TPP = Tree Planting Partner
TTB = Total Tree Biomass = t
otal oven-dry weight of all tree parts
UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
VCM = Voluntary Carbon Market