HOW THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY IS - Greenpeace

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acronyms,
technical terms ETC.
$ – Dollars (US)
Annex I Parties – Parties include the
industrialised countries that were
members of the OECD (Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and
Development) in 1992, plus countries
with economies in transition (the
EIT Parties), including the Russian
Federation, the Baltic States, and
several Central and Eastern European
States.
bn – Billion
Carbon, CO 2
and CO 2
equivalent (CO 2
e)
– Climate change potential may
be measured in three sets of units
depending on context: weights of
carbon, of CO 2
and of CO 2
equivalent.
In this report, weight of carbon is
used when referring to stored carbon
(eg tonnes of carbon per hectare in
peatlands) and weight of CO 2
when
referring to emissions. 1kg of carbon
converts to 3.67kg CO 2
(this is directly
equivalent to the difference in weight
per carbon atom: carbon has an
atomic weight of 12, CO 2
a molecular
weight of 44 – one carbon atom plus
two oxygen atoms). CO 2
equivalent
(CO 2
e) is an expression of global
warming potential which includes the
effects of other greenhouse gases
(such as methane and nitrous oxides)
in terms of the weight of CO 2
required
to produce the same effect.
CO 2
– Carbon dioxide
CPO – Crude Palm Oil
EU - European Union
EU15 – Fifteen member states of the
European Union
(all members who joined prior to 2004)
EU25 – Twenty-five member states of the
EU 2004-2007
EU27 – Twenty seven member states of
the European Union (including Bulgaria
and Romania from 2007)
EU – RES-E directive – European Union
Renewable Energy Sources for
Electricity production directive
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organisation
of the United Nations
GHG – Greenhouse gas
Gt – Gigatonnes (billion tonnes)
ha – Hectare(s)
IEA – International Energy Agency
Kyoto Protocol –The Kyoto Protocol,
an international and legally binding
agreement to reduce GHG emissions
world wide, entered into force on 16
February 2005. This international
agreement, which builds on the
UNFCCC, sets legally binding targets
and timetables for cutting the GHG
emissions of industrialized countries.
Mt – Megatonnes (million tonnes)
NGO Non-governmental organisation
OECD - Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
PKO – Palm Kernel Oil
t – Tonnes
t/ha – Tonnes/hectare
UN –United Nations
UNFCCC – United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
USDA – United States Department of
Agriculture