Acronyms and abbreviations

ADAC

Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club

General German Automobile Club

AI

Artificial intelligence

AR

Augmented reality

AV

Autonomous vehicle

CHF

Swiss franc

COP21

21st Conference of the Parties (within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

DLT

Distributed ledger technology

EC

European Commission

ESPON

European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

GBP

British pound

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GHSL

Global Human Settlement Layer (produced by the European Commission)

GIH

Global Infrastructure Hub

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPS

Global positioning system

GVC

Global value chain

ICT

Information and communications technologies

IoT

Internet of Things

JRC

Joint Research Centre (European Commission)

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

LIDAR

Light detection and ranging

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

MW

Megawatt

NDC

Nationally determined contribution (within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

NGO

Non-government organisation

NUTS

Nomenclature of units for territorial statistics

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PIAAC

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (OECD)

PIT

Personal income tax

PPP

Purchasing power parity / public-private partnership

R&D

Research and development

RCP

Representative Concentration Pathway (adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

RDPC

Regional Development Policy Committee (OECD)

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals (of the United Nations)

SISA

Sistema de Incentivos por Serviços Ambientais

Acre's State System of Incentives for Environmental Services (Brazil)

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SPFM

Subnational pooled finance mechanism

SWOT

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

TL2

Territorial Level 2

TL3

Territorial Level 3

USD

US dollar

VAT

Value added tax

VR

Virtual reality

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