| AC |
Air conditioning |
| ACAP |
Arctic Council Action Plan to Eliminate Pollution of the Arctic |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| AEWA |
Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds |
| AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
| AusAID |
Australian Agency for International Development |
| BAT |
Best Available Techniques |
| BEP |
Best Environmental Practices |
| BMZ |
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Germany) |
| CEE |
Central and Eastern Europe |
| CFCs |
Chlorofluorocarbons |
| Chem. symbols |
Ag (silver), Au (gold), Cd (cadmium), Cu (copper), Hg (mercury), Ni (nickel), P (phosphorous), Pb, (lead), Zn (zinc) |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CLRTAP |
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| DANCEE |
Danish Co-operation for Environment in Eastern Europe |
| DANCEA |
Danish Co-operation for Environment in the Arctic |
| DANIDA |
Danish International Development Assistance |
| DDT |
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| DFID |
Department for International Development (UK) |
| DGIS |
Directorate-General for International Cooperation (the Netherlands) |
| DKK |
Danish kroner |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUR |
Euro, € |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations |
| FINNIDA |
Finnish International Development Agency |
| GCD |
Gaseous carbon dioxide |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GHGs |
Greenhouse gases |
| GTZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
| GWP |
Global warming potential |
| GWP100 |
Integrated global warming potential over a 100 years timeframe |
| HBCD |
Hexabromocyclododecane |
| HCB |
Hexachlorobenzene |
| HCFCs |
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons |
| HCH |
Hexachlorocyclohexane |
| HELCOM |
The Helsinki Commission for the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea |
| HFCs |
Hydrofluorocarbons |
| HM |
Heavy metals |
| HWM |
Hazardous Waste Management |
| IARC |
International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IMET |
Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| I-TEQ |
International PCDD/PCDFs toxicity equivalents |
| LCD |
Liquid carbon dioxide |
| NEFCO |
Nordic Environment Finance Corporation |
| NiCd |
Nickel-cadmium (batteries) |
| NiMH |
Nickel-metalhydride (batteries) |
| NORAD |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance (Japan) |
| ODS |
Ozone depleting substances |
| OP |
Obsolete pesticides |
| OSPAR |
OSPAR Convention and OSPAR Commission for the protection of the marine environment in the North-East Atlantic |
| PBBs |
Polybrominated biphenyls |
| PBDEs |
Polybrominated diphenylethers |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCDDs |
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins |
| PCDFs |
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans |
| PCP |
Pentachlorophenol |
| PCP-Na |
Sodium pentachlorophenate |
| PFCs |
Perfluorocarbons |
| PM |
Particulate matter |
| POPs |
Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| PUR |
Polyurethane |
| RAC |
Refrigeration and air conditioning |
| ROHS directive |
Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment |
| SF6 |
Sulphurhexaflouride |
| SIDA |
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SME |
Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| TCP |
Trichlorobiphenyl |
| TACIS |
Technical assistance to Commonwealth of Independent States (European Union) |
| TBBPA |
Tetrabromobisphenol A |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| US AID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USD |
US dollar, $ |
| US EPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| WB |
World Bank |
| WEEE directive |
Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment |
| Ww |
Waste water |