Acronyms and abbreviations

AC

Arctic Council

AMAP

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

AMOC

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BATs

Best available techniques

BC

Black carbon

CGE

Computable general equilibrium

CH₄

Methane

CLE

Current legislation

CLRTAP

Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

CMIP

Coupled Model Intercomparison Project

CO

Carbon monoxide

CO₂

Carbon dioxide

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019

EC-JRC

European Commission’s Joint Research Centre

EGBCM

Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane

EPA

United States Environment Protection Agency

EU

European Union

GAINS

Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies

GBD

Global Burden of Disease

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

IHME

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

IEA

International Energy Agency

IER

Integrated exposure-response

MTFR

Maximum Technically Feasible Reduction

NH₃

Ammonia

NMVOCs

Non-methane volatile organic compounds

NO_x

Nitrogen oxides

OC

Organic carbon

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

O₃

Ground-level ozone

PM_2.5

Fine particulate matter

POPs

Persistent organic pollutants

PPP

Purchasing power parity

SCTP

Standard conditions for temperature and pressure

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SDS

Sustainable Development Scenario

SLCP

Short-lived climate pollutant

SO₂

Sulphur dioxide

TM5-FASST

Fast Scenario Screening Tool

toe

Tonne(s) of oil equivalent

USD

US dollar

UN

United Nations

VOCs

Volatile organic compounds

VOLY

Value of a life year lost

VSL

Value of a statistical life

WHO

World Health Organization

WTP

Willingness to pay

YOLLs

Years of life lost