Swaziland's First National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change


United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change National Report on Climate Change National Report on Climate Change

1.0 THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 2.0 NATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES | 3.0 GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES | 4.0 VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION | 4.2 FORESTRY | 4.3 HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES | 4.4 AGRICULTURE | 5.0 MITIGATION OPTIONS ANALYSIS | 5.2 ENERGY | 5.3 FORESTRY | 6.0 POLICIES AND MEASURES | REFERENCES | ABBREVIATIONS


List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

AEEI Autonomous Energy Efficiency Improvements

CCCM Canadian Climate Centre Model

CDM Clean Development Mechanism

CEST Condensing Extraction Steam Turbines

CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons

CGEs Computable General Equilibrium models

CH4 Methane

CO Carbon Monoxide

CO2 Carbon Dioxide

COMAP Comprehensive Mitigation Analysis Process

CRC Constitutional Review Commission

CSO Central Statistics Office

DANCED Danish Cooperation for Environment and Development

DSSAT Decision Support System for Agrotechnical Transfer

E Emalangeni

ESKOM South African Electricity Company

EU European Union

FDI Foreign Direct Investment

GCM Global Circulation Model

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GEF Global Environment Facility

GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory model

Gg Gigagrammes

GHG Greenhouse Gas

GNP Gross National Product

GWP Global Warming Potential

Ha Hectare

HFCs Hydrofluorocarbons

ITF Individual Tenure Farm

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Km2 Square kilometres

Kt Kilotonne

LEAP Long Range Energy Alternative Planning

LPG Liquid Petroleum Gas

M3 Cubic Metres

MAGICC Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse-gas Induced Climate Change

MCM Million Cubic Metres

MOAC Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives

MT Metric Tonne

NDS National Development Strategy

NDPs National Development Plans

NGO Non-Governmental Organizations

NMVOCs Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds

N2O Nitrous Oxide

NOX Oxides of Nitrogen

PCFs Perfluorocarbons

PET Potential Evapotranspiration

RDAPs Rural Development Area Programmes

SACU Southern African Customs Union

SADC Southern African Development Community

SCENGEN Scenario GENerator

SEA Swaziland Environment Authority

SEAP Swaziland Environment Action Plan

SEI-B Stockholm Environmental Institute in Boston

SNEP Swaziland National Energy Policy

SNL Swazi Nation Land

TDL Title Deed Land

UKTR United Kingdom Meteorological Office Hardley Centre Transient model

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

WatBal Water Balance model

 

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