Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018

Abbreviations and acronyms

AMIS	Agricultural Market Information System
BAT	best available technology
BRIICS	Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa
BRS	Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CH4	methane gas
CITES	Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CO2	carbon dioxide
COP21	21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
CSO	civil society organisation
DAC	Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
DEU	domestic extraction used
DMC	domestic material consumption
DMI	domestic material input
EAMP	environmentally adjusted multifactor productivity
EC	European Commission
EFC	Ecological Footprint of Consumption
EFE	Ecological Footprint of Exports
EFI	Ecological Footprint of Imports
EFP	Ecological Footprint of Production
EIA	environmental impact assessments
ESD	education for sustainable development
EU	European Union
EU-28	Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom
EUR	euro
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FWF	food wastage footprint (FAO)
GDP	gross domestic product
GHG	greenhouse gas
HLPF	High-level Political Forum (United Nations)
ICIO	Inter-Country Input‑Output Database (OECD)
ICSU	International Council for Science
IEA	International Energy Agency
IIASA	Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
ILO	International Labour Organization
ITI	integrated territorial investment
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature
KPI	key performance indicator
LED	light-emitting diode
LDC	least developed country
litres/MWh	litres per megawatt hour
LPG	liquefied petroleum gas
MAPS	Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (OECD)
MDGs	Millennium Development Goals
MGoS	major groups and other stakeholders
μg/m3	microgram per cubic meter
MNE	multinational enterprise
MP	Member of Parliament
MtCO2	metric tons of carbon dioxide
N2O	nitrous oxide
NGO	non-governmental organisation
NOX	nitrogen oxides
NPC	nominal protection coefficient
NPO	non-profit organisation
NSDS	national strategy for sustainable development
NUP	national urban policy
ODA	official development assistance
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCD	policy coherence for development
PCSD	policy coherence for sustainable development
PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty
PINE	Policy Instruments for the Environment (OECD database)
PM2.5	particulate matter
PPP	public-private partnership
PRTR	Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers
PSE	Producer Support Estimates
PV	solar photovoltaic
REDD+	United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
RIA	regulatory impact assessment
SCP	sustainable consumption and production patterns
SD	sustainable development
SDGs	Sustainable Development Goals
SEA	strategic environmental assessments
SEI	Stockholm Environment Institute
SIA	sustainable impact assessment
TFI	trade facilitation indicator
TRIPS	Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
UDE	unused domestic extraction
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNECE	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNEP	UN Environment
UNGPs	United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights
UN HLPF	United Nations High-level Political Forum
UNSD	United Nations Statistics Division
VNR	Voluntary National Review
WHO	World Health Organization
USD	United States dollar
WWF	World Wildlife Fund