BC

British Columbia

UN

United Nations

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme

IPCC

International Panel on Climate Change

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change

COP

Conference of the Parties

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

TFI

Task Force on National GHG Inventories

NGGIP

National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Programme

ICSU

International Council for Science

MOE

Ministry of Environment

WCI

Western Climate Initiative

IFTA

International Fuel Tax Agreement

IEA

International Energy Association

Facility

Any installation or establishment located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sites that are owned or operated by an entity. A facility includes not only all of the stationary installations and equipment located at the site, but all mobile equipment that is under the control of the reporting entity and operates exclusively on a particular facility’s premises. Examples of such site-specific mobile equipment include forklifts, front-end loaders, off-road trucks, mobile cranes, etc. Similarly, pipelines, pipeline systems, and electricity transmission and distribution systems are considered discrete facilities for reporting purposes.

GHG or Greenhouse Gas

Greenhouse Gas(es):

• CO2, carbon dioxide
• N2O, nitrous oxide
• CH4, methane
• HFCs, hydrofluorocarbons
• PFCs, perfluorocabons
• SF4, sulphur hexafluoride

CO2e

Carbon Dioxide equivalent, the equivalent weight of carbon of another gas. Calculated by multiplying the quantity of a given gas by its GWP. E.g. 1 kg of N2O = 310 kg of CO2 the GWP of nitrous oxide is 310.

GWP

100 year Global Warming Potential

Tonne

1000 kilograms; Kt is a kilo tonne or 1000 tonnes, Mt is a megatonne or 1000000 tonnes

Emitters

Legal entities releasing GHGs into the atmosphere

Emissions

Emitted greenhouse gases

Fugitive Emissions

Non process or combustion sources of emissions e.g. engine oil leak

ETS

Emission Trading Scheme

Protocol

Establish methodology

Offsetting

Purchasing and application of reduction or allowance credits

Annex I

Developed countries under UNFCCC

Annex II

Developing countries under UNFCCC

JI

Joint Implementation

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

KPIA

Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (Canadian Act)

GGRTA

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target Act (Canadian Act)