Abbreviations
| AC |
Alternating Current |
| Akk. |
Akkadian |
| AP |
Arboreal Pollen |
| Arab. |
Arabic |
| ARC |
Alliance of Religions and Conservation |
| a.s.l. |
Above sea level |
| BCE |
before the Common Era/before Christian Era |
| BMZ |
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| BP |
Before Present |
| CCS |
Carbon Capture Storage |
| CERES |
Center for Religious Studies, Ruhr-University, Bochum |
| Chin. |
Chinese |
| CLAC |
Climate and Culture |
| CSP |
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Stations |
| CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| Deut. |
Book of Deuteronomy |
| DLR |
Department of Systems Analysis and Technology Assessment of the German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany (Germ. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) |
| EACI |
European Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUMENA |
Europe, Middle East, and North Africa |
| ECOSOC |
Economic and Social Council |
| ESCWA |
(United Nations) Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia |
| esp. |
especially |
| et al. |
et alii/aliae/alia |
| Ex. |
Book of Exodus |
| Ez. |
Book of Ezekiel |
| fig. |
figure |
| FSI |
Forum for Social Innovation |
| GA |
General Assembly |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| Gen. |
Book of Genesis |
| GERD |
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam |
| Germ. |
German |
| GeSI |
Global e-Sustainability Initiative |
| GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
| HVDC |
High Voltage Direct Current |
| Ibid. |
ibidem |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
| i.e. |
id est |
| IFEES |
Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences |
| IFS |
International Foundation for Science |
| IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Programme |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IS |
Islamic State |
| ITCZ |
Intertropical Convergence Zone |
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
| LAS |
League of Arab States |
| LDC |
Least Developed Countries |
| Lev. |
Book of Leviticus |
| LLC |
Limited Liability Company |
| MADE |
Muslim Action for Development and Environment |
| MEA |
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| MENA |
Middle East and North Africa |
| MS |
Member States |
| MSP |
Mediterranean Solar Plan |
| Mt. |
Gospel of Matthew |
| MUI |
Indonesian Ulema Council |
| NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NAP |
Non Arboreal Pollen |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NKGCF |
German National Committee on Global Change Research |
| NTC |
Net Transfer Capacity |
| NU |
Nahdlatul Ulama |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| Pers. |
Persian |
| PMN |
Progressive Muslims Network |
| PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
| Ps. |
Psalms |
| PSI |
Planetary Security Initiative |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RCC |
Rapid Climate Change |
| RED |
Renewable Energy Directive |
| SEM |
Southern European and Mediterranian |
| SEP |
Solar Electricity Pipeline |
| SDEWES |
“Sustainable Enhancements of Power, Cooling and Water for Hot Climates” |
| SOAS |
The Middle East Centre, School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Sum. |
Sumerian |
| SWP |
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik |
| tab. |
table |
| TOC |
Total Organic Carbon |
| TREC |
Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation |
| UIN |
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| ULRP |
Urmia Lake Restoration Program |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| WACC |
Weighted Average Cost of Capital |
| WBGU |
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen |
| WEF |
World Economic Forum |
| WIN |
Wisdom in Nature |
| WWAP |
United Nations World Water Assessment Programme |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
| YHWH |
Tetragrammaton, four-letter biblical name of the God of Israel |
| ZEF |
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung |