| ASviS | The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development |
| BI | Business intelligence |
| BMZ | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung) |
| CBS | Copenhagen Business School |
| CDP | Carbon Disclosure Project |
| CEDES | Social and Economic Development Council of Paraná (Conselho Estadual de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social) |
| CEMR | Council of European Municipalities and Regions |
| CFCI | Child Friendly City Index |
| CNCD | National Centre for Development Cooperation (Centre national de coopération au développement) |
| CNCPS | National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies (Consejo Nacional de Coordinación de Políticas Sociales) |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CoR | European Committee of the Regions |
| CRC | UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisations |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DBZ | Flemish Department of Foreign Affairs (Departement Buitenlandse Zaken) |
| DDC | Decentralised Development Cooperation |
| DEGURBA | Degree of Urbanisation |
| DG DEVCO | Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development |
| DGEyC | Statistics and Census Department Córdoba (Dirección General de Estadística y Censos) |
| DG REGIO | Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy |
| EC | European Commission |
| Esri | Environmental Systems Research Institute |
| EU | European Union |
| EWI | Flemish Department of Economy, Science and Innovation (Departement Economie, Wetenschap & Innovatie) |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FIEP | Paraná Federation of Industries |
| FUA | Functional Urban Area |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GHSL | Global Human Settlement Layer |
| GIIN | Global Impact Investing Network |
| GIP | Growing Impact Project |
| GLCN | Global Lead City Network |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| GSG | Global Steering Group for Impact Investment |
| GTF | Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| HLG | High-Level Group |
| HLPF | High-Level Political Forum |
| IMP | Impact Management Project |
| IAEG-SDG | Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators |
| ICLEI | International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IEA | |
| IECD | European Institute for Cooperation and Development (Institut Européen de Coopération et de Développement) |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IGES | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies |
| IIASA | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| IL | Illinois |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| INEGI | National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Geografía) |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| Istat | Italian National Institute for Statistics |
| IT | Information Technology |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| JRC | Joint Research Centre |
| KfW | Credit Institute for Reconstruction (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) |
| KMD | Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation Norway (Kommunal- og moderniseringsdepartementet) |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LAC | Latin-American Countries |
| LRG | Local and Regional Governments |
| LRGF | Local and Regional Governments Forum |
| MÆLKÓ | Measuring Kópavogur |
| MDGs | Millenium Development Goals |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NRW | North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) |
| NSDS | National sustainable development strategy |
| NSI | National Statistical Institute |
| NSO | National Statistical Offices |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques) |
| NYC | New York City |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| PA | Pennsylvania |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| PM2.5 | Particulate Matter 2.5 |
| PPA | Multiannual Plan (Plano Plurianual) |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PRI | Principles for Responsible Investment |
| R&D | Research and development |
| Regions4SD | Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDNS | UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| SDSN | Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| SIODS | Information System of Sustainable Development Goals |
| SMEs | Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
| SPI | Social Progress Index |
| SSP | Sustainable Public Procurement |
| SVI | Social Value International |
| TL2 | Territorial Level 2 |
| TL3 | Territorial Level 3 |
| TNUIFSL | Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited |
| TX | Texas |
| UCLG | United Cities and Local Governments |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNEP FI | United Nations Environment Program Financial Initiative |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| USD | US Dollar |
| VLR | Voluntary Local Review |
| VNR | Voluntary National Review |
| VOKA | Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| VVSG | Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities |
| WBA | World Benchmarking Alliance |
| WCCD | World Council on City Data |
| WCMC | World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| WDPA | World Database on Protected Areas |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WPTI | Working Party on Territorial Indicators |
| WPURB | Working Party on Urban Policy |
A Territorial Approach to the Sustainable Development Goals
Synthesis report