| CCS | Carbon capture and storage |
| CCU | Carbon capture and use |
| CCUS | Carbon capture, Use and storage |
| CE | Circular Economy pathway |
| CSP | Concentrated solar power |
| EC | European Commission |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EGD | European Green Deal |
| EU ETS | European Union Emission Trading System |
| EU27 | 27 member countries of the European Union |
| Eurostat SBS | Eurostat Structural Business Statistics |
| EUTL | European Union Transaction Log |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| KWh | Kilowatt-hour |
| LNG | Liquified natural gas |
| LOHC | Liquid organic hydrogen carrier |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| NACE | Nomenclature of Economic Activities. Classification of economic activities at different levels of detail. |
| NP | New Processes pathway |
| NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. It refers to the EU system for classification of regions at different levels of detail. |
| Orbis | Cross-country firm-level database by Bureu Van Dijk |
| PV | Photovoltaic |
| RE | Renewable energy |
| SDS | Sustainable Development Scenario |
| SES | Structure of Earnings Survey |
| tCO2e | Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent |
| TL | Territorial level. It refers to the OECD system for classification of regions at different levels of detail. |
| TWh | Terawatt-hour |
| UBA | German Federal Environment Agency |
Regional Industrial Transitions to Climate Neutrality