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ACEF

Amsterdam Climate and Energy Fund

AMB

Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Área Metropolitana de Barcelona)

CBS

Statistics Netherlands

CFE

Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

CISE

Cantabria Entrepreneurship Centre

CO2

Carbon dioxide

EBG

Economic Board Groningen

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FEMP

Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias)

GBP

British Pound

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

ICT

Information and communications technology

Kwh

Kilowatt-hour

LCA

Life Cycle Assessment

LWARB

London Waste and Recycling Board

MW

Megawatt

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NICE

Northern Innovation Circular Economy

NIMBY

Not In My Backyard

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PM10

Particulate matter smaller than 10 microns in diameter

PRAE

Centre of Environmental Resources (Centro de Recursos Ambientales)

R&D

Research and development

RISN

Resource Innovation and Solutions Network

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprise

SNN

Northern Netherlands Alliance (Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland)

TJ

Terajoule

TNO

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek)

UWV

Employee Insurance Schemes Implementing Body (Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen)

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