| ACIA |
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment |
| ACTO |
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization |
| AGM |
Annual General Meeting |
| AHEG-PARAM |
Ad Hoc Expert Group on Consideration with a View to Recommending the Parameters of a Mandate for Developing a Legal Framework on All Types of Forests (of UNFF) |
| AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
| AMCEN |
African Ministerial Conference on the Environment |
| ASMA |
Antarctic Specially Managed Area |
| ATCM |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting Basel Convention Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal |
| BPoA |
Barbados Programme of Action |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEC |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
| CEDAW |
Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CFCs |
chlorofluorocarbons |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CLRTAP |
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| COP |
conference of the parties |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
| DDT |
dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane |
| DHF |
dengue hemorrhagic fever |
| DPRK |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| DRC |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECO |
Economic Cooperation Organization |
| EEA |
European Environment Agency |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (of the United States) |
| ESA |
European Space Agency |
| EVI |
Environment Vulnerability Index |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council |
| GC/GMEF |
Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (of UNEP) |
| GCM |
General Circulation Model |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEO |
Global Environment Outlook (of UNEP) |
| GHG |
greenhouse gas |
| GM |
genetically modified |
| GMOs |
genetically modified organisms |
| GRID |
Global Resource Information Database |
| HCFCs |
hydrochloroflourocarbons |
| HDI |
Human Development Index |
| HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| IAATO |
International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators |
| IAF |
International Arrangement on Forests |
| IAP |
International Action Programme |
| IASC |
International Arctic Science Committee |
| IEA |
International Energy Agency |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ITPGRFA |
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
| ITTA |
International Tropical Timber Agreement |
| IUCN |
World Conservation Union |
| JPOI |
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (of the World Summit on Sustainable Development) Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| LAC |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LME |
Large Marine Ecosystem |
| LMOs |
living modified organisms |
| MBRS |
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System |
| MDGs |
internationally agreed development goals and targets, including those contained in the UN Millennium Declaration |
| MEAs |
multilateral environmental agreements |
| MeBr |
methyl bromide |
| MERCOSUR |
Southern Common Market |
| MODIS |
moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MOP |
Meeting of the Parties |
| NO2 |
nitrogen dioxide |
| NO3-N |
nitrate nitrogen |
| NOX |
nitrogen oxides |
| NADW |
North Atlantic Deep Water |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration(of the United States) |
| NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| NOAA |
National Oceans and Atmospheric Administration (of the United States) |
| NPP |
net primary production |
| NWME |
Network of Women Ministers of the Environment |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PM |
particulate matter |
| PCBs |
polychlorinated biphenyls |
| POPs |
persistent organic pollutants |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| PTWC |
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center |
| ROPME |
Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment |
| SAICM |
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management |
| SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (of the International Council for Science) |
| SIDS |
Small Island Developing State(s) |
| SO2 |
Sulphur dioxide |
| SPREP |
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme |
| UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNEP-WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFF |
United Nations Forum on Forests |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UN-HABITAT |
United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNIFEM |
United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNPD |
United Nations Population Division |
| WAVE |
Women as the Voice for the Environment |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| World Bank |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
| ZAMCOM |
Zambezi Watercourse Commission |
