Abbreviations and acronyms
Swiss Cleantech Agency
Federal Office for Spatial Development
Best available techniques
Swiss Biodiversity Monitoring
Biodegradable municipal waste
Convention on Biological Diversity
Conference of Heads of Environmental Protection Services
Climate Change and Hydrology
OECD Climate Change Sector Understanding
Climate, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Integration Guidance
Clearing-House Mechanisms
Carbon dioxide
Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Domestic material consumption
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Ecological compensation area
Environmental cross-compliance
European Environment Agency
Environmentally harmful subsidies
Environmental impact assessment
Energy Agency for Economy
Environmental Protection Act
Environmental protection expenditure
OECD Environmental Performance Review
Environmental quality standards
Environmentally related taxes
Environmental, social and governance
Emission trading system
Foreign direct investment
Swiss parliament
Swiss government
Feed-in tariff
Federal Office for Agriculture
Federal Office for the Environment
Federal Office of Transport
Federal Statistical Office
General binding rules
Gross domestic product
Green Economy Action Plan
Global Environment Fund
Greenhouse gas
Gross national income
Green public procurement
Habitats of national importance
Farm manure management
Hydropower plants
International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine
European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Climate and Energy Incentive System (known by the German acronym)
Foundation for Climate Protection and Carbon Offset
Multinational Enterprises
Monitoring of Sustainable Development
Municipal solid waste
Million tonnes of oil equivalent
National Groundwater Monitoring
National Surface Water Quality Monitoring Network
Act on the Protection of Nature and Cultural Heritage
Non-governmental organisation
Ammonia
Nitrogen oxide
Ordinance on Air Pollution Control
Official development assistance
Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment
of the North-East Atlantic
Particulate matter
Research and development
Swiss Network for Resource Efficiency
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Promotion in International Cooperation
Renewable energy supply
Regulatory impact assessment
Sustainability assessment
Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation
Sustainable Development Strategy
Strategic environmental assessment
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Swiss Information System Biodiversity
Swiss Landscape Concept
Small and medium-sized enterprise
Swiss National Science Foundation
Sulphur dioxide
Spatial Planning Act
Swiss Gas and Water Industry Association
Total final consumption
Total primary energy supply
Utilised agricultural area
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Value-added tax
Volatile organic compound
Water drainage plan
Waters Protection Act
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research