Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADB Asian Development Bank
AfDB African Development Bank
AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
ANRC African Natural Resources Center
BAU business as usual
BECCS bioenergy with CCS
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
BRICS NDB BRICS New Development Bank
CCS carbon capture storage
CIFs climate investment funds
CNG compressed natural gas
DAC Development Assistance Committee
DFI development finance institution
DFID UK’s Department for International Development
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
FDI foreign direct investment
FSB G20 Financial Stability Board
GDP gross domestic product
GHGs greenhouse gases
GOR gas-to-oil ratio
HDI UNDP Human Development Index
IDA International Development Association
IEA International Energy Agency
IFC International Finance Corporation
IMF International Monetary Fund
INDC Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
IOC international oil company
IRRP USAID’s Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning
LNG liquefied natural gas
LPG liquid petroleum gas
MDB multilateral development bank
MDTF multi-donor trust fund
NDC Nationally Determined Contribution
NET negative emissions technology
NFO Netherlands Development Finance Company
NGO non-governmental organization
NOC national oil company
Norad Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
ODA overseas development aid
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OfD Norad Oil for Development
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PPP public–private partnership
PSC production sharing contract
RE renewable energy
REDD+ UN Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SOE state-owned enterprise
TCFD Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
UCL University College London
UKEF UK Export Finance
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNEP UN Environment Programme
UNEP FI UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USAID United States Agency for International Development