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FINANCE AND CARBON MARKETS LEXICON

January 2012

The lexicon was developed by the Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program and Tetra Tech ARD for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

USAID is leading the United States Government’s implementation of its Strategic Choices for United States Fast Start Financing for REDD+. To pursue this strategy efficiently requires effective communication between government agencies and public and private sector institutions based on mutual understanding of vocabulary, acronyms, definitions, and vocabulary categories.

The role of this Finance and Carbon Markets Lexicon is to provide a tool that encourages effective communication between government agencies and public and private sector institutions. To do this, this lexicon contains a list of relevant vocabulary, definitions, reference sources, and acronyms organized around vocabulary categories as applied by the public- and private-sector REDD+ industry globally.

The categories around which the lexicon is organized provide a framework for understanding the relevance of each term to finance and carbon markets. The vocabulary categories are broken into two broader themes of financial vocabulary and carbon accounting vocabulary. There are four financial vocabulary categories that are based on international finance best practices. These categories are: There are seven agriculture, forestry and land-use categories based on carbon accounting international best practices. These categories are:
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
AAUAssigned Amount Unit
ACoGSAvoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands
ACRAmerican Carbon Registry (link)
AFOLUAgriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
ALMAgricultural Land Management
ANRAssisted or Accelerated Natural Regeneration
APCAvoiding Planned Conversion
APDAvoided Planned Deforestation
ARRAfforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation
AUCAvoiding Unplanned Conversion
AUDDAvoiding Unplanned Deforestation and/or Degradation
AUMAssets Under Management
AUMDDAvoiding Unplanned Mosaic Deforestation and Degradation
BAUBusiness-as-Usual
BECCSBioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
CARClimate Action Reserve (link)
CCBClimate, Community, Biodiversity Standards (link)
CCXChicago Climate Exchange (link)
CDMClean Development Mechanism (link)
CDSCredit Default Swap
CERCertified Emission Reduction
CFAICFA Institute (link)
CGLCCropland and Grassland Land-use Conversions
CO2Carbon Dioxide
CO2eCarbon Dioxide Equivalent
CRTClimate Reserve Tonnes
CUPPConservation of Undrained or Partially Drained Peatland
D&ODirectors and Officers Insurance
DNADesignated National Authority
DNSDebt-for-Nature-Swap (link)
E&OErrors and Omissions Insurance
EREmission Reductions
ERAExtended Rotation Age / Cutting Cycle
ERMEnterprise Risk Management
ERPAEmission Reduction Purchase Agreement
ERUEmission Reduction Unit
ESGEnvironmental, Social, Governance Risk
FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board, (link)
FCMCForest Carbon, Markets, and Communities Program
GHGGreenhouse Gases
GIPS®Global Investment Performance Standards (link)
GWPGlobal Warming Potential
ICMImproved Cropland Management
IFMImproved Forest Management
IGMImproved Grassland Management
IPCCIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (link)
IPSInvestment Policy Statement
IRRInternal Rate of Return
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
JIJoint Implementation (link)
JNRIJurisdictional nested REDD+ Initiative
LtHPLow-Productive to High-Productive Forest
LtPFLogged to Protected Forest
LULUCFLand Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry
MPMonitoring Plan
MRVMeasurement, Reporting and Verification
NAMANationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions
NTFPNon-Timber Forest Products
OEOperational Entity
PDProject Document
PDDProject Design Document
PESPayment for Ecosystem Service
PFSI New Zealand Permanent Forest Sink Initiative (link)
PINProject Information Note
PIUPending Issuance Unit
PLIProfessional Liability Insurance
POAProgram of Activities
PRCPeatland Rewetting and Conservation
RDPRewetting of Drained Peatland
REDDReducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation
RILReduced Impact Logging
R-PPReadiness Preparation Proposal (link)
SAFSociety of American Foresters (link)
SFMSustainable Forest Management
SRISocially Responsible Investing
USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development (link)
VCSVerified Carbon Standard (link)
VCUVerified Carbon Unit
VERPAVoluntary Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement


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Carbon Finance Lexicon

The text is derived from the Finance and Carbon Markets Lexicon prepared by the Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program and Tetra Tech ARD and reviewed by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).




CARBON FINANCE LEXICON
  • Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation Methodology Vocabulary
  • Agriculture Land Management Methodology Vocabulary
  • Avoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands Methodology Vocabulary
  • Carbon Pools Vocabulary
  • General Carbon Accounting Methodology Vocabulary
  • Improved Forest Management Methodology Vocabulary
  • Peat Rewetting and Conservation Methodology Vocabulary
  • Performance Vocabulary
  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation Methodology Vocabulary
  • Regulatory and Accounting Vocabulary
  • Risk Management Vocabulary
  • Valuation Vocabulary

  • Acronyms and Abbreviations


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