Abbreviations and acronyms
best available technology
Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Convention on Biological Diversity
methane gas
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
carbon dioxide
21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
civil society organisation
Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
domestic extraction used
domestic material consumption
domestic material input
environmentally adjusted multifactor productivity
European Commission
Ecological Footprint of Consumption
Ecological Footprint of Exports
Ecological Footprint of Imports
Ecological Footprint of Production
environmental impact assessments
education for sustainable development
European Union
Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom
euro
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
food wastage footprint (FAO)
gross domestic product
greenhouse gas
High-level Political Forum (United Nations)
Inter-Country Input-Output Database (OECD)
International Council for Science
International Energy Agency
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
International Labour Organization
integrated territorial investment
International Union for Conservation of Nature
key performance indicator
light-emitting diode
least developed country
litres per megawatt hour
liquefied petroleum gas
Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (OECD)
Millennium Development Goals
major groups and other stakeholders
microgram per cubic meter
multinational enterprise
Member of Parliament
metric tons of carbon dioxide
nitrous oxide
non-governmental organisation
nitrogen oxides
nominal protection coefficient
non-profit organisation
national strategy for sustainable development
national urban policy
official development assistance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
policy coherence for development
policy coherence for sustainable development
Patent Cooperation Treaty
Policy Instruments for the Environment (OECD database)
particulate matter
public-private partnership
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
Producer Support Estimates
solar photovoltaic
United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
regulatory impact assessment
sustainable consumption and production patterns
sustainable development
Sustainable Development Goals
strategic environmental assessments
Stockholm Environment Institute
sustainable impact assessment
trade facilitation indicator
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
unused domestic extraction
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UN Environment
United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights
United Nations High-level Political Forum
United Nations Statistics Division
Voluntary National Review
World Health Organization
United States dollar
World Wildlife Fund