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AAU [7 records]

Record 1 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Educational Institutions
OBS

Established in 1964, the Association of Atlantic Universities (AAU) is a voluntary association of the 16 universities in the Atlantic region and in the West Indies which offer programmes leading to a degree or have degree-granting status.

Key term(s)
  • Atlantic Universities Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Établissements d'enseignement
OBS

Association fondée en 1964. Elle regroupe seize universités de la région de l'Atlantique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
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Record 2 - external organization data 2022-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

An air-ground communications service that can provide approach and landing information to IFR [instrument flight rules] pilots.

OBS

UNICOM: universal communications.

Key term(s)
  • authorised approach UNICOM

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Station offrant un service de communications air-sol et pouvant fournir aux pilotes en vol IFR [règles de vol aux instruments] de l'information concernant les approches et les atterrissages.

OBS

UNICOM : communications universelles.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Farm Management and Policy
DEF

An agricultural land that is harvested at least once during a year, including planted area of permanent crops, where no harvest has been produced so far.

OBS

[Comprises] arable land included in the crop rotation system with no intention to produce a harvest during the year, but which will be harvested the next year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
  • Gestion et politique agricole
DEF

Surface comprenant les terres labourables, la surface toujours en herbe, les cultures permanentes (vignes, vergers…) et les cultures maraîchères.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Education
OBS

Under the auspices of UNESCO. Promote interchange, contact and cooperation among african universities ...

OBS

Title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Pédagogie
OBS

Appellation extraite du document «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Pedagogía
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Record 6 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Climate Change
CONT

Assigned amount unit (AAU). This represents a unit issued out of a country's initial assigned amount and designated as an assigned amount unit (or AAU), expressed as a tonne of CO2-equivalent, by the Registry or an overseas registry of a country listed in Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol.

CONT

Emissions trading enables Annex I Parties to acquire assigned amount units (AAUs) from other Annex I Parties that are able to more easily reduce emissions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Changements climatiques
DEF

unités de quantité attribuées : Unités transférables mesurées en tonnes de Co2 équivalentes attribuées à un pays de l'annexe B, dont le total est égal à l'objectif d'émission du pays en vertu du Protocole de Kyoto.

CONT

Pour le Canada, la quantité visée par les UQA pour la première période d'engagement équivaut à 94 pour 100 de ses émissions de 1990 multipliés par cinq (représentant les cinq années de cette période). Pour se conformer au Protocole de Kyoto, il faut que la quantité totale correspondant aux unités de quantités attribuées (UQA), aux unités de réduction des émissions (URE), aux réductions d'émissions certifiées (REC) et aux unités de suppression (US) détenues par le Canada soit égale ou supérieure à ses émissions au cours de la période 2008-2012.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho ambiental
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
  • Cambio climático
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Record 7 1999-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Informatique
OBS

Nouvelle unité formée spécialement pour administrer les comptes du SIGNET.

Spanish

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