Abbreviations and acronyms

BAT

Best available techniques

CAP

Common Agricultural Policy

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CDW

Construction and demolition waste

CHP

Combined heat and power

CSCC

Cross-Sectoral Coordination Centre

EAAI

Emission Allowance Auctioning Instrument

EAFRD

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

EEA

European Environment Agency

EEZ

Exclusive economic zone

EGS

Environmental goods and services

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EMDP

Electromobility Development Plan

EMFF

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

ESB

Environment State Bureau

ETS

Emissions Trading System

EU

European Union

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GPP

Green public procurement

IPPU

Industrial processes and product use

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

LEGMC

Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre

LEIF

Latvian Environmental Investment Fund

LEPF

Latvian Environmental Protection Fund

LULUCF

Land use, land-use change and forestry

MAES

Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services

MEPRD

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development

MSFD

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

NCA

Nature Conservation Agency

NDP

National development plan

NMVOC

Non-methane volatile organic compound

NREAP

National Renewable Energy Action Plan

ODA

Official development assistance

PAYT

Pay-as-you-throw

PES

Payment for ecosystem services

PET

Polyethylene terephthalate

PM

Particulate matter

PRO

Producer responsibility organisation

RBMP

River basin management plan

RDP

Rural development plan

R&D

Research and development

REB

Regional Environmental Board

SAC

Special Area of Conservation

SCI

Site of Community Importance

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SEA

Strategic environmental assessment

SES

State Environmental Service

SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SPA

Special Protection Area

SPNT

Specially protected nature territory

SWMP

State Waste Management Plan

SWPP

State Waste Prevention Programme

TFC

Total final energy consumption

toe

tonne of oil equivalent

TPES

Total primary energy supply

UN

United Nations

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UWWFD

Urban Waste Water Framework Directive

VAT

Value added tax

VOCs

Volatile organic compound

WMR

Waste management region

Abbreviations and acronyms