Abbreviations and acronyms

AEV

Environment Administration (Administration de l’environnement)

AGE

Water Management Administration (Administration de la gestion de l’eau)

ANF

Nature and Forest Administration (Administration de la nature et des forêts)

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CBD

Convention on biological diversity

CIDD

Interagency Commission for Sustainable Development (Commission interdépartementale de développement durable)

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CMS

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

CO

Carbon monoxide

CO₂ eq

Carbon dioxide equivalent

CRA

Climate risk assessment

CSC

Hunting Board (Conseil Supérieur de la Chasse)

CSDD

Sustainable Development Board (Conseil Supérieur pour un Développement durable)

CSP

Fisheries Board (Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche)

CSPN

Nature and Natural Resources Protection Board (Conseil Supérieur de la Protection de la Nature et des Ressources naturelles)

DMC

Domestic material consumption

EAFRD

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

EC

European Commission

EEA

European Environment Agency

EGS

Environmental goods and services

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EIB

European Investment Bank

EMAS

Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

EPF

Environmental Protection Fund

ERDF

European Regional Development Fund

ESD

Effort Sharing Decision

ETS

Emissions Trading System

EU

European Union

EUROBATS

Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GNI

Gross national income

GPP

Green public procurement

IEA

International Energy Agency

IED

Industrial emissions Directive

ISEIA

Invasive Species Environmental Impact Assessment

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

IWC

International Whaling Commission

LGX

Luxembourg Green Exchange

LIST

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

LSFI

Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative

LULUCF

Land use, land-use change and forestry

MAVDR

Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development (as of 2018)

MAVPC

Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Consumer Protection

MEA

Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning (Ministère de l’énergie et de l’aménagement du territoire)

MECDD

Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development (as of 2018) (Ministère de l’environnement, du climat et du développement durable)

MENEJ

Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (Ministère de l’éducation, nationale, de l’enfance et de la jeunesse)

MDDI

Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure (2009-2018) (Ministère du développement durable et des infrastructures)

Mtoe

Million tonnes of oil equivalent

Modu

Sustainable mobility strategy

NECP

National Energy and Climate Plan

NEEAP

National Energy Efficiency Action Plan

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NH₃

Ammonia

NMVOC

Non methane volatile organic compounds

NO₂

Nitrogen dioxide

NO_x

Nitrogen oxides

NREAP

National Renewable Energy Action Plan

NZEB

Nearly zero-energy building

ODA

Official development assistance

OSPAR

Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic

PM10

Particulate matter smaller than 10 microns in diameter

PM2.5

Particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter

PNDD

National Plan for Sustainable Development

PNPN

National Plan for Nature Conservation

PPP

Purchasing power parity

PRTR

Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

R&D

Research and development

RDP

Rural Development Programme

REDD+

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks

RIA

Regulatory impact analysis

SAC

Special area of conservation

SCI

Site of Community importance

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SDK

SuperDrecksKëscht

SEA

Strategic environmental assessment

SIAS

Multipurpose intermunicipal association

SICONA

Intermunicipal association for nature conservation

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SNB

National Biodiversity Strategy (Stratégie Nationale pour la Biodiversité)

SO₂

Sulphur dioxide

SO_x

Sulphur oxides

SPA

Special protection area

SPMP

Spatial Planning Master Plan

TIR

Third Industrial Revolution

TPES

Total primary energy supply

UCP

Units of pollution load

UN

United Nations

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USD

United States dollar

VAT

Value added tax

VOC

Volatile organic compounds