COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Asian Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (AIEES) Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) Center for Disease Control (CDC) Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Council of Agriculture (COA) Environmental Performance Index (EPI) Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) European Union (EU) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Global Burden of Disease 2010 (GBD 2010) Global Domestic Product (GDP) Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) Global Forest Watch (GFW) Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) Gross National Income (GNI) International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) International Energy Agency (IEA) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) Joint Research Centre (JRC) Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Particulate Matter (PM) Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) United Nations (UN) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United Nations Framework on the Covention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD) Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) World Health Organization (WHO) World Trade Organization (WTO) World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP)