| ACC | Automotive Cell Company |
| ACES | Automated, Connected, Electric and Shared |
| ACPR | Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de resolution [French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority] |
| AEs | Advanced Economies |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| APS | Announced Policies Scenario |
| ASI | Annual Survey of Industries |
| AUM | Assets Under Management |
| BAU | Business As Usual |
| BB | Bank of Bangladesh |
| BC | Benefit-Cost |
| BCAs | Border Carbon Adjustments |
| BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BEE | Bureau of Energy Efficiency |
| BF/BOF | Basic Oxygen Furnace |
| BIS | Bureau of Indian Standards |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BoE | Bank of England |
| BoJ | Bank of Japan |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| BRRs | Business Responsibility Reports |
| BRSR | Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report |
| BSE | Bombay Stock Exchange |
| CAGR | Compound Annual Growth Rate |
| CAMPA | Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority |
| CAPEX | Capital Expenditure |
| CAT | Climate Action Tracker |
| CaT | Cap-and-Trade |
| CBA | Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| CBAM | Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism |
| CBDC | Central Bank Digital Currency |
| CBG | Compressed Biogas |
| CBT | Carbon Border Tax |
| CCA | Climate Commitment Act |
| CCM | Climate Change Mitigation |
| CCPI | Climate Change Performance Index |
| CCPT | Climate Change Principle-based Taxonomy |
| CCUS | Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage |
| CCUS | Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CDRI | Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure |
| CEA | Central Electricity Authority |
| CERF | Climate Equity Reference Framework |
| CFBL | Carbon Footprint of Bank Loans |
| CFCs | Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CFGs | Climate Friendly Goods |
| CH4 | Methane |
| CI | Carbon Intensity |
| CMEMS | Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service |
| CMIE | Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy |
| Cms | centimetres |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon Dioxide |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| CPHS | Consumer Pyramids Household Surveys |
| CRISK | Capital Shortfall Risk |
| CRP | Climate Risk Portfolio |
| CSA | Climate Smart Agriculture |
| CSE | Centre for Science and Environment |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DFM | Dynamic Factor Model |
| DICE | Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy |
| D-i-D | Difference in difference |
| DISCOMs | Distribution Companies |
| DNSH | Do No Significant Harm |
| DP | Detailed Process |
| DSGE | Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium |
| EAF | Electric Arc Furnace |
| EBF | European Banking Federation |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| eCoC | Electronic Certificate of Compliance |
| E-DSGE | Environment-DSGE |
| EI | Energy Intensity |
| EIBs | European Investment Bonds |
| EIE | Emission Intensity of Value-added on Exports |
| EIM | Emission Intensity of Value-Added on Imports |
| EKC | Environmental Kuznets Curve |
| ELIS | Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes |
| EM-DAT | Emergency Events – Database |
| EMEs | Emerging Market Economies |
| EMS | Emission Trading Systems |
| EPPA | Economic Projection and Policy Analysis |
| ERPs | ESG Rating Providers |
| ESCS | Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storms |
| ESG | Environment, Social and Governance |
| ESRB | European Systemic Risk Board |
| ETR | Environmental Tax Reform |
| ETS | Emissions Trading System |
| EU | European Union |
| EVs | Electric Vehicles |
| FAME | Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid Electric Vehicles |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FIT | Feed-in-Tariffs |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreements |
| GAR | Green Asset Ratio |
| GCCI | Global Climate Change Index |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDPPC | GDP Per Capita |
| GFSG | Green Finance Study Group |
| GGEF | Green Growth Equity Fund |
| GHG | Green House Gases |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GMSL | Global Mean Sea Level |
| GNPA | Gross Non-Performing Assets |
| GOBARdhan | Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan |
| GoI | Government of India |
| GPCB | Gujarat Pollution Control Board |
| GSDP | Gross State Domestic Product |
| GSF | Green Supporting Factor |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| Gt | Gigatonnes |
| GtCO2eq | Gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| GVCs | Global Value Chains |
| IAM | Integrated Assessment Model |
| IBFI | Index Based Flood Insurance |
| ICAAP | Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process |
| ICE | Internal Combustion Engine |
| ICSU | International Council of Scientific Unions |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| IEA | International Energy Association |
| IFRC | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IMD | India Meteorological Department |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INCCA | Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment |
| INFORM | Index for Risk Management |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPM | Integrated Pest Management |
| IPSF | International Platform for Sustainable Finance |
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act |
| IRDA | Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority |
| IRENA | International Renewable Energy Agency |
| ISA | International Solar Alliance |
| ISTS | Inter-state Transmission Systems |
| KLEMS | Capital, Labour, Energy, Material, and Services |
| Km2 | Kilometer Square |
| KPIs | Key Performance Indicators |
| kWh | Kilowatt-hour |
| LCOE | Levelised Cost of Electricity |
| LiDCs | Low-Income Developing Countries |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LiFE | Lifestyle for Environment |
| LIMITS | Low climate Impact scenarios and the Implications of required Tight emission control Strategies |
| LMDI | Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index |
| LPA | Long Period Average |
| LST | Land Surface Temperature |
| LT-LEDS | Long-term Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Development Strategies |
| LULC | Land Use and Land Cover |
| MaaS | Mobility as a Service |
| MARS | Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines |
| MFs | Mutual Funds |
| MGNREGA | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act |
| MGNREGS | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| Mm | Millimetre |
| MMT | Million Metric Tonnes |
| MT | Million Tonnes |
| MW | Megawatt |
| MNRE | Metric tonnes per year |
| MoEFCC | Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change |
| MoES | Ministry of Earth Sciences |
| MoPNG | Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas |
| MoSPI | Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRTS | Mass Rapid Transit Systems |
| MRV | Monitoring, Reporting, And Verification |
| MRV | Measurement, Reporting, and Verification |
| MSCI | Morgan Stanley Capital International |
| MSMEs | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| N2O | Nitrous Oxide |
| NBFCs | Non-Banking Finance Companies |
| NCEF | National Clean Energy Fund |
| NCR | National Capital Region |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| NDTL | Net Demand and Time Liabilities |
| NECR | Net Effective Carbon Rate |
| NeML | National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange e-Market Limited |
| NFCI | National Financial Conditions Index |
| NGBRC | National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct |
| NGFS | Network for Greening the Financial System |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NHPC | National Hydroelectric Power Corporation |
| NIFTY | National Stock Exchange Fifty |
| NIGEM | National Institute Global Econometric Model |
| NIO | North Indian Ocean |
| NMEEE | National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency |
| NMSA | National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPAs | Non-Performing Assets |
| NRDC | Natural Resources Defence Council |
| NSDP | Net State Domestic Product |
| NSO | National Statistical Office |
| NSSO | National Sample Survey Organisation |
| NVA | Net Value Added |
| O3 | Ozone |
| OHC | Ocean Heat Content |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OWID | Our World in Data |
| PAT | Perform, Achieve, Trade |
| PBoC | People’s Bank of China |
| PE | Private Equity |
| PIB | Press Information Bureau |
| PLI | Production Linked Incentive |
| PM-PRANAM | PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnerships |
| PRA | Prudential Regulation Authority |
| PRI | Principles of Responsible Investment |
| PSBs | Public Sector Banks |
| PSL | Priority Sector Lending |
| PTAs | Preferential Trade Agreements |
| PV | Photovoltaic |
| PVBs | Private Banks |
| QE | Quantitative Easing |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RCPs | Representative Concentration Pathways |
| RPO | Renewable Purchase Obligations |
| RTAs | Regional Trade Agreements |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SCBs | Scheduled Commercial Banks |
| SCS | Severe Cyclonic Storms |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchanges Board of India |
| SECI | State Energy and Climate Index |
| SGBs | Sovereign Green Bonds |
| SGS | State Government Securities |
| SME | Small to Medium Enterprise |
| SST | Sea Surface Temperature |
| STEPS | Stated Policies Scenario |
| SuCS | Super cyclonic storms |
| SWM | South-west Monsoon |
| TBC | To be Continued |
| tCO2e | Tonne of Carbon Equivalent |
| TECO2 | Trade in embodied CO2 database |
| TiVA | Trade in Value Added |
| TOP | Tomato, Onion, Potato |
| TPA | Tonnes per annum |
| TSC | Technical Screening Criteria |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | UN Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UNISDR | United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| US | United States |
| USA | United States of America |
| USD | US Dollar |
| UTs | Union Territories |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| VC | Venture Capital |
| VRE | Variable Renewable Energy |
| VSCS | Very Severe Cyclonic Storms |
| VSIC | Vietnam Standard Industrial Classification |
| WCP | World Climate Programme |
| WEO | World Economic Outlook |
| WGMS | World Glacier Monitoring Service |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
| ZJ | Zeta Joules |