Abbreviations and acronyms

APPA

Provincial agencies for environmental protection

ARPA

Regional agencies for environmental protection

ARPAE

Environmental protection agency of Emilia-Romagna

CAP

Common agricultural policy

CBA

Cost-benefit analysis

CEA

Cost-efficacy analysis

CIPESS

Inter-ministerial committee for economic planning and sustainable development

CTP

Co-ordination territorial plan

DNSH

Do no significant harm

EC

European Commission

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EIS

Environmental impact study

EN

Ecological network

GAIA

Green area inner0city agreement

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas emissions

GI

Green infrastructure

GPP

Green public procurement

GUP

Green urban plan

ISPRA

Higher institute for environmental protection and research

KPI

Key performance indicators

LEN

Local ecological network

LUP

Local urban plan

MASAF

Ministry of agriculture, food sovereignty and forestry

MASE

Ministry of environment and energy security

MCA

Multi-criteria analysis

MEC

Minimum environmental criteria

MIT (previously MIMS)1

Ministry of infrastructure and transport (previously Ministry of sustainable infrastructure and mobility)

MoC

Ministry of Culture

NAP

National action plan

NbS

Nature-based Solutions

NOP (I&N)

National operational programme (for infrastructure and networks)

NRRP

National Recovery and Resilience Plan

PEN

Provincial ecological network

PEFT

Technical and economic feasibility project

PES

Payment for ecosystem services

PINQuA

National innovative programme for high-quality living

REN

Regional ecological network

RLP

Regional landscape plan

RRF

Recovery and resilience facility

RTP

Regional territorial plan

RWPP

Regional water protection plan

SEA

Strategic environmental assessment

SECAP

Sustainable energy and climate action plan

SIMS

Scoring system for sustainable infrastructure and mobility

SNPA

National network system for environmental protection

SPoMC

Strategic plan for the metropolitan city

SUMP

Sustainability urban mobility plan

TEN-T

Trans-European transport network

TPP

Territorial provincial plan

Note

← 1. Under the previous minister Enrico Giovannini, the ministry’s name was changed to “Ministry of sustainable infrastructure and mobility” (or MIMS). Since November 2022, under the leadership of the new minister Matteo Salvini, the name of the ministry is “Ministry of infrastructure and transport” (or MIT).