| ACCU |
Australian Carbon Credit Units |
| ACF |
Australian Conservation Foundation |
| ACTU |
Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| ADIC |
Australian Dairy Industry Council |
| AFPA |
Australia Forest Products Association |
| AMEC |
Association of Mining and Exploration Companies |
| AMWU |
Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| ARENA |
Australian Renewable Energy Agency |
| ARRCC |
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change |
| AUSTELA |
Australian Solar Thermal Energy Association |
| AYCC |
Australian Youth Climate Coalition |
| CANA |
Climate Action Network Australia |
| CCSA |
Conservation Council of South Australia |
| CCWA |
Conservation Council of Western Australia |
| CEFC |
Clean Energy Finance Corporation |
| CFI |
Carbon Farming Initiative |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| CO2-e |
carbon dioxide equivalent |
| CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Cth |
Commonwealth of Australia |
| ERF |
Emissions Reduction Fund |
| ESAA |
Energy Supply Association of Australia |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GGAP |
Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program |
| GHG |
greenhouse gas |
| Green Paper |
Department of the Environment, Emissions Reduction Fund Green Paper, December 2013 |
| GWh |
gigawatt hours |
| IGCC |
Investor Group on Climate Change |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Kyoto Protocol |
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| LEPID |
Liable Entities Public Information Database |
| LNG |
liquefied natural gas |
| LRET |
Large Renewable Energy Target |
| LULUCF |
land use, land-use change and forestry |
| MPCC |
Multi-Party Climate Change Committee |
| Mt |
Megaton, a unit of mass equal to million tonnes |
| NFF |
National Farmers' Federation |
| NGERS |
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PHAA |
Public Health Association of Australia |
| RET |
Renewable Energy Target |
| SRES |
Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| Wentworth Group |
Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists |