Region description

On a spatial level, TIAM considers 16 regions, in which some regions represent countries (e.g., the US) and others are aggregated (e.g., Africa); see Figure 1. Table 1 provides further information about the TIAM regions.

Figure 1. TIAM regions on global map.

Table 1: TIAM Regions with description.

TIAM Region	Region Name	Further Description
AFR	Africa	Full African continent
AUS	Australia	Australia, New Zealand
CAN	Canada	-
CHI	China	-
CSA	Central and South America	Full South America and North America except Canada, USA and Mexico
EEU	Eastern European Union	Albania, Bosnia–Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
FSU	Former Soviet Union	Russia and old Soviet states
GER	Germany	-
IND	India	-
JPN	Japan	-
MEX	Mexico	-
MEA	Middle East Asia	Near East except Africa
ODA	Other Developing Asia	Asia except China, India, Japan and South Korea
SKO	South Korea	-
USA	United States of America	-
WEU	Western European Union	Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Austria