| ACC |
Administrative Committee on Co-ordination |
| BCSB |
Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| CAN |
Climate Action Network |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCD |
Convention to Combat Desertification |
| CEC |
Commission of the European Communities |
| CEDAW |
Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women |
| CEE |
central and east European countries |
| CFP |
Common Fisheries Policy |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research |
| CITES |
(UN) Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species |
| CHS |
(UN) Commission on Human Settlements1 |
| CLC |
Convention on Civil Liability |
| CMS |
Convention on Migratory Species |
| COFI |
(FAO) Committee on Fisheries |
| COP |
Conference of Parties |
| CPD |
(UN) Commission on Population & Development |
| C Soc Dev |
(UN) Commission on Social Development |
| CSD |
(UN) Commission on Sustainable Development |
| CSD NGO SC |
(UN) Commission on Sustainable Development Non-Government Organisation
Steering Committee |
| CSW |
(UN) Commission on the Status of Women |
| CTE |
(WTO) Committee on Trade and Environment |
| DAW |
Division for the Advancement of Women |
| DESA |
(UN) Department for Economic and Social Affairs |
| DETR |
(UK) Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions |
| DSD |
(UN) Division on Sustainable Development |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECA |
(UN) Economic Commission for Africa |
| EC DG XI |
European Commission Directorate General XI (Env. & Nuclear Safety) |
| ECE |
(UN) Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECLAC |
(UN) Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean |
| ECOSOC |
(UN) Economic & Social Council |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| EFITA |
European Federation of Information Technology in Agriculture |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ESCAP |
(UN) Economic & Social Commission for Asia & the Pacific |
| ESCWA |
(UN) Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
(UN) Food & Agriculture Organisation |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| GA |
(UN) General Assembly |
| GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT |
Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GC |
Governing Council |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GESAMP |
Group of Experts on Environmental Aspects of Marine Environmental
Protection |
| GFPP |
Global Forestry Policy Project |
| GHG |
Green House Gases |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
| GPA |
Global Programme of Action |
| GRI |
Global Reporting Initiative |
| G8 |
Group of eight leading industrialised nations |
| Group of 77 |
Group of developing nations (now over 140) |
| GTI |
Global Toxics Institute |
| HDI |
Human Development Index |
| HDR |
Human Development Report |
| HIPC |
highly indebted poorer countries |
| IACSD |
Inter Agency Committee on Sustainable Development |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICC |
International Chamber of Commerce |
| ICFTU |
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| ICLEI |
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives |
| ICPD |
International Conference on Population & Development |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| IGO |
Inter-Governmental Organisation |
| IFAP |
International Federation of Agricultural Producers |
| IFF |
Inter-governmental Forum on Forests |
| IIED |
International Institute for Environmental Development |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organisation |
| IOC |
International Oceanographic Commission |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPF |
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests |
| IPRs |
intellectual property rights |
| ISEW |
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| ITDP |
Institute for Transport & Development Policy |
| ITFF |
Interagency Task Force on Forests |
| ITTO |
International Tropical Timber Organisation |
| IUCN |
International Council for the Conservation of Nature |
| IULA |
International Union of Local Authorities |
| IWC |
International Whaling Commission |
| IWSA |
International Water Services Association |
| LA21` |
Local Agenda 21 |
| LDC |
less-developed country |
| LEAD |
Leadership in Environment and Development Foundation |
| MAFF |
(UK) Ministry of Fisheries and Food |
| MAI |
Multi-lateral Agreement on Investments |
| MAP |
Mediterranean Action Plan |
| MARPOL (Convention) |
International Convention for the Protection of Pollution from Ships |
| MEA |
multi-lateral environmental agreement |
| MSC |
Marine Stewardship Council |
| NAFTA |
North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organisation |
| NIS |
Newly Independent States (of the former Soviet Union) |
| ODA |
official development assistance |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development |
| OEEC |
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation |
| OPRC-1990 |
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness Response and
Co-operation - 1990 |
| PICs |
Prior Informed Consent |
| POPs |
Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| QCPTA |
Queensland Cleaner Production Task Force Association |
| SIDS |
Small Island Developing States |
| TBC |
To Be Confirmed |
| TWG |
Technical Working Group |
| UNA-UK |
United Nations Association - UK |
| UCCEE |
UNEP Collaboration Centre on Energy and Environment |
| UNAIDS |
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment & Development |
| UNCHS |
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development |
| UNDESA |
United Nations Department on Economic & Social Affairs |
| UNDG |
United Nations Development Group |
| UNDPCSD |
United Nations Division for Policy Co-ordination for Sustainable
Development |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDSD |
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation |
| UNESCO-IOC |
UNESCO Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission |
| UNED-UK |
United Nations Environment & Development - UK Committee |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention |
| UNGASS |
United Nations General Assembly Special Session |
| WB |
World Bank |
| WBCSD |
World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| WCED |
World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WCFSD |
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development |
| WDR |
World Development Report |
| WEO |
World Environment Organisation |
| WEDO |
Women's Environment & Development Organisation |
| WHO |
World Health Organisation |
| WICE |
World Industry Council for the Environment |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organisation |
| WSSD |
World Summit for Social Development |
| WTO |
World Tourism Organisation |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
| WTTC |
World Travel & Tourism Organisation |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
