Abbreviations and acronyms
Advance Disposal Fee
Korea’s waste management information system
Biochemical oxygen demand
Convention on Biological Diversity
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide equivalent
Chemical oxygen demand
OECD Development Assistance Committee
Domestic material consumption
Demilitarized Zone
Exclusive economic zone
Environmental goods and services sector
Environmental impact assessment
Environmental management system
Emissions Trading Scheme
Gross domestic product
Greenhouse gas
Global Green Growth Institute
Green public procurement
Hydrofluorocarbon
International Energy Agency
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Korea Environment Institute
Korea Environment Corporation
Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute
Korea Electric Power Corporation
Korea International Cooperation Agency
Export-Import Bank of Korea
Korean won
Korea Water Resources Corporation
Framework Act on Low Carbon, Green Growth
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Government Legislation
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Million tonnes of oil equivalent
Nitrous oxide
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
Non-government organisation
Non-methane organic gases
Nitrogen oxides
National Waste Management Plan
Official development assistance
Presidential Committee on Green Growth
Particulate matter smaller than 10 microns in diameter
Particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter
Purchasing power parity
Producer Responsibility Organisation
Pollutant release and transfer register
Research and development
Radio frequency identification
Regulatory impact analysis
Strategic environmental assessment
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Sulphur oxides
Solid refuse fuel
Transportation-Energy-Environment Tax
Target Management System
Total primary energy supply
Total Water Pollution Load Management System
United States dollar
Volume-based waste fee
Volatile organic compound
Waste electrical and electronic equipment