Harnessing Mission Governance to Achieve National Climate Targets

Abbreviations and acronyms

2030 Agenda	UN-adopted plan with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
BECCS	Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage. Technology capturing and storing carbon from biomass combustion.
CBAM	Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. EU system imposing border taxes on certain imports to equalise carbon pricing between EU and non-EU producers.
CC	Climate Council. Independent body tasked with monitoring and advising their national government on progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
CCA	Climate Change Authority. Australia’s climate council.
CCAC	The Climate Change Advisory Council. Ireland’s climate council.
CCC	Climate Change Committee (UK CCC) or Climate Change Commission (New Zealand). Both countries respective climate councils.
CCI	Canadian Climate Institute. Policy research organisation, effectively Canada’s climate council.
CCS	Carbon Capture and Storage. Technology capturing and storing CO2 from major emission sources.
CDR	Carbon dioxide removal.
COP	Conference of the Parties. Regular meetings of UNFCCC signatories for decision-making.
CoG	Centre of Government.
DARPA	The United States Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency.
DCCC	Danish Council on Climate Change.
ESABCC	European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change.
ETS	Emissions Trading System.
ESR	Effort Sharing Regulation. EU regulation setting binding emission reduction targets for non-ETS sectors.
Fit for 55 package	European Commission's reform agenda targeting 55% net emissions reduction by 2030.
GHG	Green house gases.
HCC	High Council on Climate. France’s climate council.
ICCN	International Climate Councils Network, launched in 2021 as a forum to facilitate collaboration and mutual support between climate councils from around the world.
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. UN body synthesising climate change science, impacts, and solutions.
Kyoto Protocol	1997 UNFCCC agreement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, concluded in 2022.
LULUCF	Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry. Sector reporting carbon stock changes in vegetation, soil, and harvested wood products.
M&E	Monitoring and evaluation.
MOP	Mission-oriented policy. Policy framework designed to achieve mission statement and objectives by mobilising resources, coordinating stakeholders, and fostering cross-sector innovation.
MOIP	Mission-oriented innovation policy. Coordinated policy framework that leverage science, technology, and innovation to contribute to achieving specific mission objectives.
NDC	Nationally Determined Contribution. Country-specific climate action plan under the Paris Agreement, updated quinquennially.
Paris Agreement	2015 global climate accord aiming to limit warming to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C, above pre-industrial levels.
PCC	Presidential Climate Commission. South Africa’s climate council.
PMO	Prime Minister’s Office.
SCPC	Swedish Climate Policy Council. Sweden’s climate council.
STI	Science, technology and innovation.
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. International environmental treaty addressing climate change, adopted in 1992.