| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission |
| ACCU | Australia Carbon Credit Unit |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| Agvet | Agricultural and veterinary |
| AICIS | Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme |
| AICS | Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| APVMA | Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority |
| ARENA | Australian Renewable Energy Agency |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| BCT | Biodiversity Conservation Trust |
| CBA | Cost-benefit analysis |
| CCA | Climate Change Authority |
| CCS | Carbon capture and storage |
| CEFC | Clean Energy Finance Corporation |
| CER | Clean Energy Regulator |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DAWR | Department of Agriculture and Water Resources |
| DEE | Department of the Environment and Energy |
| DEU | Domestic extraction used |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DMC | Domestic material consumption |
| EEZ | Exclusive economic zone |
| EFIC | Export Finance and Insurance Corporation |
| EIA | Environmental impact assessment |
| EIS | Environmental impact statement |
| EPA | Environment Protection Authority |
| EPBC | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation |
| EPR | Environmental Performance Review |
| ERF | Emissions Reduction Fund |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| EV | Electric vehicle |
| FSANZ | Food Standards Australia New Zealand |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GHS | Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GW | Gigawatt |
| ICNA | Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) |
| IMAP | Inventory Multi-tiered Assessment and Prioritisation |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| LNG | Liquefied natural gas |
| LULUCF | Land use, land use change and forestry |
| MDB | Murray-Darling Basin |
| MDBA | Murray-Darling Basin Authority |
| MHF | Major hazard facilities |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| NEG | National Energy Guarantee |
| NEM | National Electricity Market |
| NEPC | National Environment Protection Council |
| NEPM | National Environment Protection Measure |
| NEPP | National Energy Productivity Plan |
| NGO | Non-government organisation |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme |
| NLP | National Landcare Program |
| NMVOC | Non-methane volatile organic compound |
| NPI | National Pollutant Inventory |
| NRS | National Reserve System |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NWI | National Water Initiative |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OEH | Office of Environment and Heritage of New South Wales |
| PECs | Priority Existing Chemicals |
| PFAS | Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance |
| PFOS | Perfluorooctane sulfonate |
| PM2.5 | Particulate matter 2.5 micrometres or less in diameter |
| POP | Persistent organic pollutant |
| PRTR | Pollutant release and transfer register |
| QLD | Queensland |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RD&D | Research, development and deployment |
| RIS | Regulation impact statement |
| SA | South Australia |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SEA | Strategic environmental assessment |
| SoE | State of the Environment |
| TAS | Tasmania |
| TFC | Total final consumption |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TPES | Total primary energy supply |
| UN | United Nations |
| USD | US dollar |
| VIC | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHS | Work health and safety |
OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 2019
2017 or latest available year (OECDa value in parentheses)
