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Abbreviations and acronyms

ABARE
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ABS
Australian Bureau of Statistics
BITRE
Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics
CCGT
Combined cycle gas turbine
CCS
Carbon capture and storage
CCSP
Climate Change Science Program (United States)
CDM
Clean Development Mechanism
CGE
Computable general equilibrium (model)
CH4
Methane
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan)
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CO2-e
Carbon dioxide equivalent
CPI
Consumer price index
CPRS
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DCC
Department of Climate Change
EITES
Emission-intensive trade-exposed sector
ESM
Energy sector model
ETS
Emissions trading scheme
GCOMAP
Generalized Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (model)
GDP
Gross domestic product
GNP
Gross national product
GSP
Gross state product
Gt
Gigatonne
GTAP
Global Trade Analysis Project
GTEM
Global trade and environment model
GVA
Gross value added
GWh
Gigawatt hour
GWP
Gross world product
HES
Household Expenditure Survey
HFCs
Hydrofluorocarbons
IEA
International Energy Agency
IGCC
Integrated gasification combined cycle
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
kt
Kilotonne
LNG
Liquefied natural gas
MAC
Marginal abatement cost
MAGICC
Model for the assessment of greenhouse gas induced climate change
MER
Market exchange rate
MMA
McLennan Magasanik Associates
MMRF
Monash Multi-Regional Forecasting (model)
MRET
Mandatory Renewable Energy Target
Mt
Megatonne
MWh
Megawatt hour
N2O
Nitrous oxide
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PFCs
Perfluorocarbons
PJ
Petajoule
PRISMOD
Price revenue incidence simulation model
PRISMOD.DIST
Price revenue incidence simulation model and distribution model
ppm
Parts per million
PPP
Purchasing power parity
RET
Renewable Energy Target
SF6
Sulfur hexafluoride
tCO2-e
Tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent
TWh
Terawatt hour
UN
United Nations
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
VRET
Victorian Renewable Energy Target
WEO
World Economic Outlook
WRI
World Resources Institute

 


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