Acronyms and abbreviations

ACEA

European Automobile Manufacturers Association

ALS

Area Licensing Scheme

B2B

Business-to-business

BECCS

Bioenergy use combined with carbon capture and storage

BEVs

Battery electric vehicles

BMDVBMUV

Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz)

BMWK

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz)

BNW

Association for Sustainable Economy

BOF

Basic oxygen furnace

BSW

Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen

BUKEA

Ministry of Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture of the City of Hamburg

CAPEX

Capital expenditures

CCS

Carbon capture and storage

CCU

Carbon capture and use

CCUS

Carbon capture, use and storage

CDR

Carbon dioxide removal

CII

Carbon intensity indicator

CMF

Clean marine fuels

CO2

Carbon dioxide

CSRD

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

DAC

Direct air capture

DBU

German Federal Foundation for the Environment

DCCAE

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment of Ireland

DG-ECFIN

Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission

Difu

German Institute of Urban Affairs (Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik)

EAA

European Aluminium Association

EC

European Commission

ECI

European Copper Institute

ECJRC

European Commission’s Joint Research Centre

EDGAR

Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research

EEDI

Energy Efficiency Design Index

EEXI

Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index

EIT

European Institute of Innovation and Technology

EMC

Equitable Maritime Company

EPA

Irish Environmental Protection Agency

ESI

Environmental Ship Index

EU

European Union

EU CBAM

European Union Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

EU ETS

European Union Emissions Trading System

EUR

Euro

EV

Electric vehicle

EWKVerbotsV

Single-Use Plastics Labelling Ordinance (Einwegkunststoffverbotsverordnung)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FUA

Functional Urban Area

FCEVs

Hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles

GDP

Gross domestic product

GFS

Global Fuels Standards

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GLAD

Global LCA Data Access

GREET

Greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, and energy use in transportation

GT

Giga tons

GVC

Global value chain

GW

Gigawatt

H2

Hydrogen

HCC

Hamburg Chamber of Commerce

HDE

German Retail Association (Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz)

HEI

High Education Institution

HiiCCE

Institute for Innovation, Climate Protection, and Circular Economy

HmbKliSchG

Hamburg Climate Protection Act

HYBRIT

Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

IEA

International Energy Agency

IFB Hamburg

Hamburg Investment and Development Bank (Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank)

IFM

International Freight Model

IISI

International Iron and Steel Institute

IMO

International Maritime Organisation

IMR

Irish Manufacturing Research

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

ISWG GHG

Intersessional Working Group on GHG Emissions

ITF

International Transport Forum

ITPCO

International Taskforce on Port Call Optimisation

IAPH

International Association of Ports and Harbours

ICT

Information and communications technology

IT

Information Technology

KIBS

Knowledge-intensive business services

KICKrWG

Knowledge and Innovation Community

Closed Substance Cycle Management Act (Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz)

KSO

Climate Protection Initiative (Klimaschutzoffensive)

kWp

Kilowatt peak

LDCs

Least Developed Countries

LED

Light-emitting diode

LH2

Liquified hydrogen

LIHH

Logistics Initiative Hamburg

LPG

Liquified petroleum gas

LRT

Light-rail transit

LULUCF

Land use, land-use change and forestry

MEPC

Marine Environmental Protection Committee

MWp

Megawatt peak

NEA

Nuclear Energy Agency

NEW 4.0

North German Energy Transition initiative

NH3

Ammonia

NOW

Nationale Online-Weiterbildungsplattform

NOx

Nitric oxide

NZT

Net-zero target

OPEX

Operational expenditures

OVAM

Flemish Public Waste Agency

P2P

Peer-to-peer

PAW

Natural Gas-Free Neighbourhood programme

PM

Particulate matter

PPP

Public-private partnership

PRI

Public Research Institutions

PV

Photovoltaic

R&D

Research and development

RCP

Representative Concentration Pathway

RECE-XG

Expert Group on a new generation of information for a resource-efficient and circular economy

RISN

Resource Innovation and Solutions Network

SAN

Styrene Acrylonitrile

SBTi

Science-Based Target initiative

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SEAI

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

SEK

Swedish Krona

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SPW

Walloon Public Service

SRH

Hamburg City Cleaning Service (Stadtreinigung Hamburg)

SSP

Shared Socio-Economic Pathway

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

TUHH

Hamburg University of Technology (Technische Universität Hamburg)

TWh

Terawatt-hour

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UaW

United Against Waste Association

UfR

Companies for resource conservation (Unternehmen für Ressourcenschutz)

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

USA

United States of America

USD

United States Dollar

VC

Venture capitalist

VerpackG

Packaging Act (Verpackungsgesetz)

VRE

Variable energy use

WHO

World Health Organization

WTW

Well-to-wake