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| UmweltBundesAmt | German Federal Environment Agency responsible for environmental issues including climate change http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/ |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): | An international treaty set up over a decade ago at the 1992 ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro. The treaty aims to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations at a level in the atmosphere that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the natural climate system.The treaty was not originally legally binding, but did set provisions for protocols which would set mandatory emission reduction rates, the latest being the Kyoto Protocol (1997). http://www.unfccc.int/ |
| United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): | United States federal agency responsible for environmental issues including climate change http://www.epa.gov/ |
| Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS): | A global standard and programme for approval of credible voluntary offsets. The program objectives are to standardise and provide transparency to the voluntary offsets market, enhance confidence, and stimulate investments and innovation in the sector. http://www.v-c-s.org/ |
| Voluntary Market: | Refers to emissions reductions that are independently verified but not certified by a regulatory authority i.e. to voluntarily reduce and/or offset personal or corporate emissions in a demonstration of environmental awareness or anticipation of future emissions legislation. |
| Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieu (VROM): | Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, responsible for environmental issues including climate change. http://international.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=37361 |
| World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD): | A coalition of 200 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Their mission is to provide business leadership as a catalyst for change toward sustainable development, and to promote the role of eco-efficiency, innovation and corporate social responsibility. http://www.wri.org/ |
| World Resources Institute (WRI): | A not-for-profit organisation created 25 years ago with the aim of putting environmental issues on the international agenda. It provides objective information and practical proposals for policy and institutional change around four key areas: People and ecosystems, Governance, Climate Protection, Markets and Enterprise. http://www.wri.org/ |
