Abbreviations & Glossary

• AGB = Above Ground Biomass 
• AGCP = Absolute Global Cooling Potential
• AGWP = Absolute Global Warming Potential
• BGB = Below Ground Biomass
• Balancers = Companies (net-zero) buying CO2 removals to (over-)compensate their CO2 footprint
• BCEF = Biomass Conversion and Expansion Factor
• BC = Biochar = charcoal-like substance by pyrolysis
• CAs = Corresponding Adjustments
• CCS = Carbon Capture and Storage
• CCU = Carbon Capture and Utilization
• CDR = Carbon Dioxide Removal
• CFIs = Carbon Farming Initiatives
• CO2 = Carbon Dioxide 
• COP27 = 27^th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change = UN climate change convention
• CORCS = CO2 Removal Certificates
• Carbon Pool 
• Carbon Removals
• Cooling = Removal of carbon from earth's atmosphere and storage elsewhere (in t CO2 equivalent / year)
• CRCF = Carbon Removal Certification Framework
• CSI = Carbon Standards International
• C-sink = Carbon sinks are short-term or long-term storage of organic material and the associated carbon
• CSR = Corporate Social Responsibility
• CSRD = Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (from EU)
• DW = Dead Wood 
• EBI = European Biochar Industry Consortium
• ESG = Environmental Social Governance
• GAP = Good Agroforestry Practices
• GHG = Greenhouse Gas
• GHGP = Greenhouse Gas Protocol
• GWP = Global Warming Potential
• Growers = Farmers + Tree Planting Partners (TPP)
• HWP = Harvested Wood Product 
• ICVCM = Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
• IPCC = Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• LTA = Long Term Average
• MPTS = Multiple Purpose Tree Species (Trees that are used for different purposes in addition to wood. Fruit trees for example.)
• MRV = Measurement, Reporting and Verification
• NDCs = Nationally Determined Contributions
• NBS = Nature-based Solutions 
• PES = Payment for Environmental Services
• ppm = parts per million
• SaaS = Software as a Service
• SBTi = Science Based Targets Initiative
• SDGs = Sustainable Development Goals
• TC = Timber Construction
• TNCR = temporary nature based carbon removal | TREEO nature based carbon removal 
• TPP = Tree Planting Partner
• TTB = Total Tree Biomass = total oven-dry weight of all tree parts
• t aCO2e = Global Cooling Service metrics are quantified in units of t aCO2e (pronounced as "ton of annual CO2 equiavlent"). To clarify, 1 t aCO2e signifies the physical sequestration of carbon corresponding to the removal of 1 t CO2e from the atmosphere, sustained over an annual period.
• UNFCCC = United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• VCM = Voluntary Carbon Market
• VCMI = Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative