ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
AIFC |
Astana International Financial Centre |
ANTA |
National Agency of Road Transport (Agenția Națională Transport Auto) |
BAU |
Business as usual (scenario) |
BMNT |
(Austrian) Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus) |
BMU |
(German) Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit) |
BRT |
Bus rapid transit (system) |
CAREC |
Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia |
CDM |
Clean development mechanism |
CHP |
Combined heat and power (generation) |
CNG |
Compressed natural gas |
COP |
Conference of the Parties (to the UNFCCC) |
CPT |
Clean public transport (OECD project) |
DGC |
Dynamic generation costs |
EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EECCA |
Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia |
EU |
European Union |
EUR |
Euro (Eurozone currency) |
GCF |
Green Climate Fund |
GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
GDP |
Gross domestic product |
GHG |
Greenhouse gas (emissions) |
GIZ |
German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) |
IFI |
International financial institution |
IKI |
International Climate Initiative (Internationale Klimaschutzinitiative) of Germany |
INDC |
Intended nationally determined contribution |
IPPA |
Investment Promotion and Protection Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic |
IU |
Implementation unit |
JI |
Joint implementation |
JSC |
Joint stock company |
KGS |
Kyrgyzstani som (national currency of Kyrgyzstan) |
KPC |
Kommunalkredit Public Consulting |
KZT |
Kazahkstani tenge (national currency of Kazakhstan) |
LLP |
Limited liability partnership |
LNG |
Liquefied natural gas |
LPG |
Liquefied petroleum gas |
LUCF |
Land-use change and forestry |
LULUCF |
Land use, land-use change and forestry |
MAC |
Maximum allowable concentration |
MARDE |
Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment of Moldova |
MDL |
Moldovan leu (national currency of Moldova) |
MoE |
Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan |
MoEcon |
Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan |
MoEnv |
(former) Ministry of Environment of Moldova |
MTEF |
Medium-term expenditure framework |
NCF |
Net cash flow |
NDC |
Nationally determined contribution |
NFEP&WM |
(Polish) National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management |
NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
NPV |
Net present value |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OPTIC |
Optimising public transport investment costs (OECD model) |
O&M |
Operation & maintenance (costs) |
PCM |
Project cycle management |
PE |
Programming entity |
PLN |
Polish zloty (national currency of Poland) |
PM |
Particulate matter |
PM |
Prime Minister (Office) |
PV |
Photovoltaic |
RSE |
Republican state-owned enterprise |
SAEPF |
State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry (of Kyrgyzstan) |
TSU |
Technical support unit |
UN |
United Nations |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USD |
United States dollar (US currency) |
WB |
World Bank |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
Units, quantities and compounds |
CO |
Carbon monoxide |
CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
kg |
Kilogram |
km |
Kilometre |
kpvpd |
Kilometre per vehicle per day |
kt |
Kiloton |
m |
Metre |
mg |
Milligram |
mln |
Million |
MW |
Megawatt |
m3 |
Cubic metre |
NOx |
Nitrogen oxide |
N2O |
Dinitrogen oxide |
SO2 |
Sulphur dioxide |
t |
Tonne |
tCO2 |
Tonne of CO2 |
tCO2e |
Tonne of CO2 equivalent |
thous. |
Thousand |
tNOx |
Tonne of NOx |
µg |
Microgram |