Abbreviations used in this section
Acronyms and initialisms
Table 2 below summarises the main acronyms and initialisms referred to in this section together with what these stand for and any related information that is particularly relevant. Where appropriate, external links have been provided as a source of further information.
| Summary of abbreviations | |
|---|---|
| Acronym or initialism | What does it stand for? |
| CCC | Committee on Climate Change - UK-based independent body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. |
| CCRA | Climate Change Risk Assessment - a report published by the UK government every 5 years. The last report was published on 25 January 2012. |
| COP21 | Conference of the parties (21st year) - the name given to the UN conference that last met in Paris on 12 December 2015. |
| EIA | Environmental impact assessment. |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - established in 1988, this is a scientific body that operates under the UN. |
| NAP | National Adaptation Programme - a UK government document that sets out what is being done to adapt to climate change. |
| SUDS | Sustainable Urban Drainage System - susdrain offers some more information. |
| UNFCCC | UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - the UNFCC newsroom offers more information. |
| UKCIP | UK Climate Impacts Programme - established in 1997 and sits within the University of Oxford. |
| UKCP09 | The name given to the UK climate projections, made using data supplied by the Met Office. |
Table 2: Acronyms and initialisms referred to in Climate change: adaptation and mitigation