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PPCP public-private community partnership
PPPP people-first public-private partnership
RMB Ren Min Bi – official currency of China
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SOE state-owned enterprise
SPV special purpose vehicle
SROI social return on investment
SSC smart sustainable city
TPG Geneva, Switzerland public transportation (Transports Publics Genevois)
UITP International Association of Public Transport (Union Internationale des Transports
Publics)
UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP FI United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UN-Habitat United Nations Human Settlement Programme
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNOP United Nations Office for Partnerships
UNU-EGOV United Nations University Operating Unit for Policy-Driven Electronic Governance
UN Women United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
UNWTO World Tourism Organization
USD United States dollar
U4SSC United for Smart Sustainable Cities
WACC weighted average cost of capital
WMO World Meteorological Organization

Units of measurement

km kilometre
m 2 square metre
m/s metre per second
MW megawatt
Tbps terabytes per second

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