| 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 |