CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CHP

Combined Heat and Power

COP

Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC Convention on Climate Change

DETR

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

EC

European Commission

EEA

European Economic Area

EFTA

European Free Trade Agreement

EU

European Union

GCM

General Circulation Model

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

HECA

Home Energy Conservation Act

HMSO

Her Majesty’s Stationary Office

IEA

International Energy Agency

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPPC

Integrated Pollution Prevention Control

MtC

Million Tonnes Carbon Equivalent

MW

Megawatts

NHER

National Home Energy Rating

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

TWh

Terra Watt Hour

UKCIP

UK Climate Impacts Programme