OECD Review on Aligning Finance with Climate Goals

Abbreviations and acronyms

2DII	2 Degrees Investing Initiative
AEs	Advanced economies
AEC	Absolute emissions contraction
ASCOR	Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks
AUM	Assets under management
BIS	Bank of International Settlements
BoE	Bank of England
CAT	Climate Action Tracker
CCS	Carbon capture and storage
CDM	Clean Development Mechanism
CDR	Carbon dioxide removals
CO2	Carbon dioxide
CPI	Climate Policy Institute
CCUS	Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
DEFRA	United Kingdom Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
DGI	Data Gaps Initiative
EBA	European Banking Authority
ECB	European Central Bank
EIC	Economic intensity contraction
EMDEs	Emerging market and developing economies
ESG	Environmental, social, and governance
EU	European Union
GDP	Gross domestic product
GECO	Global Energy and Climate Outlook
GHGs	Greenhouse gas emissions
GFANZ	Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
GFCF	Gross fixed capital formation
ICMA	International Capital Markets Agency
IEA	International Energy Agency
IEEFA	Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
IFCMA	Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches
IFRS ISSB	International Finance Reporting Standards Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board
IIGCC	Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRENA	International Renewable Energy Agency
ISF-UTS	Institute for Sustainable Futures of the University of Technology Sydney
ITR	Implied temperature rise
JRC	European Commission Joint Research Centre
LSEG	London Stock Exchange Group
MEPS	Minimum energy performance standards
NDCs	Nationally Determined Contributions
NGFS	Network for Greening the Financial System
NZAM	Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative
NZAOA	Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
NZBA	Net Zero Banking Alliance
NZDPU	Net-Zero Data Public Utility
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PAAO	Paris Aligned Asset Owners
PACTA	Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment
RBA	Reserve Bank of Australia
SBTi	Science Based Targets Initiative
SDA	Sectoral decarbonisation approach
SIFMA	Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
SMEs	Small to medium enterprises
SNA	System of National Accounts
TCFD	Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
TPI	Transition Pathway Initiative
UK	United Kingdom
UN	United Nations
UNEP FI	United Stations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
US	United States of America
UNFCCC SCF	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Standing Committee on Finance
WFE	World Federation of Exchanges
WWF	World Wide Fund for Nature