PART-1-CONVENTIONS & ORGANISATIONS
• WORLD CHARTER FOR NATURE
• EARTH SUMMIT-1992
 Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM)
• COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
• AGENDA 21
• EARTH SUMMIT 2002
• RIO+20 (2012)
• TROPICAL FOREST ALLIANCE
• BRUNDTLAND COMMISSION
• GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF)
• UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
• PARTNERSHIP FOR ACTION ON GREEN ECONOMY (PAGE)
• GREEN GROWTH KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM (GGKP)
• UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)
 List of UNFCCC Summits
• IMPORTANT CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
 COP 3-KYOTO PROTOCOL
 COP 7-MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
 National Adaptation Plan (NAP)
 COP 11-MONTREAL, CANADA
 COP 13-BALI ACTION PLAN (BAP)
 COP 15-COPENHAGEN ACCORD
 COP 16- CANCÚN, MEXICO
 COP 18- DOHA AMENDMENT
 COP 19-POLAND-WARSAW INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM
 COP 20-LIMA (PERU)
 COP 21-PARIS AGREEMENT
 HIGH AMBITION COALITION
 ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK
 COP 22-MARRAKECH (MOROCCO)
 COP 23-BONN CONFERENCE
 TALANOA DIALOGUE
 OCEAN PATHWAY PARTNERSHIP
 INSURELIENCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
 POWERING PAST COAL ALLIANCE
 COP 24-KATOWICE, POLAND
 COP 25-MADRID, SPAIN
 COP 26- GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM
 WORLD NATURE ORGANIZATION (WNO)
 INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (INDC)
 ACTION FOR CLIMATE EMPOWERMENT (ACE)
 INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)
 Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP)
• INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN)
• IUCN RED LIST / RED BOOK
• BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL
• THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY (TEEB)
• SUSTAINABLE STOCK EXCHANGES INITIATIVE
• RACE TO ZERO CAMPAIGN
• CLIMATE AMBITION ALLIANCE
• MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE
• CLIMATE NEUTRAL NOW
• ALLIANCE FOR ZERO EXTINCTION SITES
• NATURA 2000 NETWORK
• ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS
• CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND (CEPF)
• MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE RESERVES (MAB)
• BIOSPHERE SMART INITIATIVE
• WORLD HERITAGE SITES
• CENTRES OF PLANT DIVERSITY
• SUSTAINABLE OCEAN INITIATIVE (SOI)
• TRASH FREE SEAS ALLIANCE (TFSA)
• UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT)
• IMPORTANT BIRD AND BIODIVERSITY AREAS (IBAS)
• MEGADIVERSITY COUNTRIES
• RAMSAR SITES / CONVENTION
• MONTREUX RECORD
• GLOBAL TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK (GTPAN)
• CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)
• TRAFFIC- WILDLIFE TRADE MONITORING NETWORK
• MONITORING THE ILLEGAL KILLING OF ELEPHANTS (MIKE)
• WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF)
• MARPOL CONVENTION
• WHALING CONVENTION
• CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS OR BONN CONVENTION
• UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
• INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON OIL POLLUTION PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND CO-OPERATION
• UNEP REGIONAL SEAS PROGRAMME
• AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS
• ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING (ABS)
• NAGOYA PROTOCOL
• CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY
• VIENNA CONVENTION FOR PROTECTION OF OZONE LAYER
• MONTREAL PROTOCOL
• KIGALI AMENDMENT
• ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA DIVERSITY
• BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN (BAP)
• CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP)
• MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT (MA)
• PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES)
• UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP)
• UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD)
• INITIATIVE 20X20
• PEACE FOREST INITIATIVE
• GREAT GREEN WALL INITIATIVE
• GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON FOREST AND LANDSCAPE RESTORATION (GPFLR)
• BONN CHALLENGE
• THE RESTORATION INITIATIVE
• FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION (FLR)
• UNITED FOR BIODIVERSITY
• COALITION FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN CONSERVATION (CPIC)
• UN-REDD PROGRAMME
• UN REDD+ PROGRAMME
• FOREST CARBON PARTNERSHIP FUND
• GLOBAL CARBON PROJECT
• ACCELERATING CCS TECHNOLOGIES
• COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS (CFRN)
• CLIMATE AND CLEAN AIR COALITION
• CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM)
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (SDM)
• INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING ASSOCIATION (IETA)
• CLIMATE, COMMUNITY & BIODIVERSITY ALLIANCE (CCBA)
• BIOCARBON FUND INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST LANDSCAPES (ISFL)
• GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE (GCCA)
• FOREST CARBON PARTNERSHIP FACILITY (FCPF)
• DELTA COALITION
• GREEN CLIMATE FUND (GCF)
• GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE (GGGI)
• GLOBALLY IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS (GIAHS)
• STOCKHOLM CONVENTION
• BASEL CONVENTION
• ROTTERDAM CONVENTION
• BAMAKO CONVENTION
• CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE & NETWORK (CTCN)
• UNDER2 COALITION
• INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE (ISA)
 Global Solar Atlas
 Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action
• SOLAR RISK MITIGATION INITIATIVE
• C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP GROUP
• MANGROVE FOR THE FUTURE (MFF)
• ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA
• MINAMATA CONVENTION
• ST PETERSBURG DECLARATION
• GLOBAL TIGER FORUM
• GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (GACSA)
• GLOBAL TIGER INITIATIVE (GTI)
• INTERNATIONAL TIGER COALITION
• MISSION TX2
• CONSERVATION ASSURED | TIGER STANDARDS (CA|TS)
• TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE
• GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION PROGRAMME (GSLEP)
• BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION
• CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE FOR SOUTH ASIA (CARE) PROJECT
• SOUTH ASIA WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (SAWEN)
• ARCTIC COUNCIL
• REGIONAL INTEGRATED MULTI-HAZARD EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (RIMES)
• TSUNAMI-READY
 Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
• UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK
 Global Geoparks Network (GGN)
• SEABED 2030 PROJECT
• DECARBONIZING TRANSPORT IN EMERGING ECONOMIES’ (DTEE)
• ZERO PLASTIC WASTE CITIES INITIATIVE
• FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE (FFF)
 Champions of the Earth
• INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION (IPPC)
• ADAPTATION FOR SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME (ASAP)
• UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS (UNFF)
 Yanji Declaration
• COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP ON FORESTS
• PLANET-BASED DIETS
• INTERNATIONAL NITROGEN INITIATIVE (INI)
• COLOMBO DECLARATION
• BANGKOK DECLARATION ON COMBATING MARINE DEBRIS IN ASEAN REGION
• GLOBAL DEAL FOR NATURE
• ANDREX PROJECT
• INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE INITIATIVE
• BIODIVERSITY FINANCE INITIATIVE (BIOFIN)
• MISCELLANEOUS CONVENTIONS
• ANTIGUA CONVENTION
• ABIDJAN CONVENTION
• CARTAGENA CONVENTION
• NAIROBI CONVENTION
• NOUMEA CONVENTION
• BARCELONA CONVENTION
• OSPAR CONVENTION
• APIA CONVENTION
• CAMLR CONVENTION
• LONDON CONVENTION
• BUCHAREST CONVENTION
• HELSINKI CONVENTION
• WAIGANI CONVENTION
• TEHRAN CONVENTION
• BALLAST WATER CONVENTION
• ALPINE CONVENTION
• KUWAIT CONVENTION
• JEDDAH CONVENTION
• CARPATHIAN CONVENTION
• CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES
• CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC SEALS
• FIRST MOVERS COALITION
• STOCKHOLM+50
• SEOUL FOREST DECLARATION
• GLOBAL PLASTIC ACTION PARTNERSHIP
• ALLIANCE OF CEO CLIMATE LEADERS
• UNCCD’S COP15
• BLUE DEAL
• LIVING LANDS CHARTER
• BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE
• CLIMATE CLUB
• LISBON DECLARATION ON OCEAN CONSERVATION
• SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS FINANCING FACILITY
• GLOBAL BASIC OBSERVING NETWORK
• UN HIGH SEAS TREATY
• UN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC-5)
• GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY ACTION FORUM
• GREEN FINS HUB
• TOF INITIATIVE
• MISSION LIFE
• GRADED RESPONSE ACTION PLAN
• ANIMAL ADOPTION SCHEME
• GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM
• GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE BIODIVERSITY STANDARD
• GLOBAL SHIELD FINANCING FACILITY /GLOBAL SHIELD PLAN
• SHARM EL-SHEIKH CLIMATE MEETING (COP27)
• LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND
• INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR FUND (IRAF)
• THE FAST INITIATIVE
• AGRICULTURE INNOVATION MISSION FOR CLIMATE (AIM4CLIMATE)
• CHAMPIONS GROUP FOR DELTAS AND COASTAL ZONES
• INITIATIVE ON CLIMATE ACTION AND NUTRITION (I-CAN)
• TECHNOLOGY MECHANISM
• GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ALLIANCE (GOWA)
• AWARE INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AT COP27
• METHANE ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS)
• IN OUR LIFETIME CAMPAIGN
• LONG TERM-LOW EMISSION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
• BLUE NATURAL CAPITAL
• MANGROVE BREAKTHROUGH
• MANGROVE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE
• GLOBAL GOAL ON ADAPTATION (GGA)
• COALITION FOR NATURE
• WARSAW INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM
• INTERNATIONAL DROUGHT RESILIENCE ALLIANCE
• FOREST AND CLIMATE LEADERS' PARTNERSHIP
• MIDDLE EAST GREEN INITIATIVE
• INSURANCE ADAPTATION ACCELERATION CAMPAIGN
• SHARM EL SHEIKH ADAPTATION AGENDA
• NEW RACE TO RESILIENCE DATA EXPLORER
• PLANNING FOR CLIMATE COMMISSION
• GLOBAL RENEWABLES ALLIANCE
• BREAKTHROUGH AGENDA
• CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS’ (CIFS) NEW INDUSTRY TRANSITION PROGRAMME
• NET ZERO PLAYBOOK
• AMBITION LOOP FOR THE OCEAN ECONOMY REPORT
• ENHANCING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) FOR CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION (ENACT)
• HIGH-QUALITY BLUE CARBON PRINCIPLES AND GUIDANCE
• BEAT THE HEAT: NATURE FOR COOL CITIES CHALLENGE
• SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS (SAFS) OFFTAKE POCKET GUIDE
• LOW CARBON TRANSPORT FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY (LOTUS)
• SUSTAINABLE URBAN RESILIENCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (SURGE)
• ACCELERATE TO ZERO (A2Z) COALITION
• ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES EMERGING MARKET CAMPAIGN (ZEV-EM-C)
• THE COLLECTIVE FOR CLEAN TRANSPORT FINANCE
• CLIMATE RESPONSES FOR SUSTAINING PEACE (CRSP) INITIATIVE
• SUSTAINABLE DEBT COALITION INITIATIVE
• COP15 MONTREAL
• KUNMING-MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK (GBF)
• AMBITION ON MELTING ICE ON SEA-LEVEL RISE AND MOUNTAIN WATER RESOURCES
• NO PARIS WITHOUT MONTREAL
• MARRAKECH PARTNERSHIP FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION (MP-GCA)
• AGREEMENT ON PORT STATE MEASURES (PSMA)
• CLIMATE TRACE (TRACKING REAL-TIME ATMOSPHERIC CARBON EMISSIONS)
PART-2-KEY TERMS • CONGREGATORY SPECIES • ENDEMIC SPECIES • ENDANGERED SPECIES • KEYSTONE SPECIES • INDICATOR SPECIES • EDGE SPECIES • FOUNDATION SPECIES • UMBRELLA SPECIES • INDIGENOUS SPECIES • MIGRATORY SPECIES • ALGAL BLOOM • ALIEN INVASIVE SPECIES (AIS) • AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION (ABNJ) • LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (LMES) • VULNERABLE MARINE ECOSYSTEM (VME) • PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE SEA AREAS (PSSAS) • MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA) • LAST OF THE WILD AREAS • KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS (KBAS) • WORLD COMMISSION ON PROTECTED AREAS (WCPA) • IMPORTANT PLANT AREA (IPA) • IUCN PROTECTED AREAS • INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPE (IFL) • HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE AREAS (HCVAS) • HIGH BIODIVERSITY WILDERNESS AREAS (HBWA) • ENDEMIC BIRD AREAS (EBAS) • GLOBAL 200 ECOREGIONS • OCEAN ACIDIFICATION • CRISIS ECOREGIONS • HOPE SPOTS • ENDEMIC BIRD AREAS (EBAS) • ECOLOGICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS (EBSA) • BUFFER ZONES • BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS • AREAS OF SPECIAL CONSERVATION INTEREST (ASCIS) • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ AND COMMUNITY CONSERVED TERRITORIES AND AREAS (ICCA) • SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS OF MEDITERRANEAN IMPORTANCE (SPAMIS) • COLD SEEP ECOSYSTEMS • COLD-WATER CORAL • EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) • SALTMARSH • SEAGRASSES • SEAMOUNTS • WARM-WATER CORAL REEFS • BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS • BIOACCUMULATION • BIOMAGNIFICATION • BIO-GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES • ECOCLINE • ECOPHENE • ECOTONE • ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT • ECOLOGICAL NICHE • EUTROPHICATION • PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) • CARBON SEQUESTRATION • GREENHOUSE GAS • WATER VAPOR • CARBON DIOXIDE • NITROUS OXIDE • OZONE • CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS) • HYDROFLUOROCARBONS (HFCS) • METHANE
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