| ac | Alternative Current |
| acfta | asean-China Free Trade Area (or cafta – China-asean Free Trade Area) |
| adb | Asian Development Bank |
| ademe | Agence De l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie |
| ae | Autorité Environnementale |
| aeps | Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy |
| aiib | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| asean | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| atcm | Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting |
| bo | Boletín Oficial |
| cafta | China-asean Free Trade Area (or acfta – asean-China Free Trade Area) |
| cbd | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| ceaa | Canadian Environmental Assessment Act |
| cee | Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation (Antarctic Environmental Protocol) |
| ceq | Council on Environmental Quality (in the US) |
| cercla | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability |
| cesi | Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano |
| cgedd | Conseil Général de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable |
| cjec | Court of Justice of the European Communities |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| cndp | Commission Nationale du Débat Public |
| CoP | Conference of the Parties |
| cpdp | Commission Particulière du Débat Public |
| csce | Conference on Security and Cooperation |
| csr | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| dc | Direct Current |
| dde | Direction Départementale de l’Equipement |
| drae | Délégation Régionale à l’Architecture et à l’Environnement |
| dreal | Direction Régionale de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et du Logement |
| dup | Déclaration d’Utilité Publique |
| dwt | Deadweight Ton |
| ea | Environmental Assessment |
| ebrd | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ec | European Communities |
| ecafe | (UN) Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East |
European Commission for Europe |
|
| ecj | European Court of Justice |
| edf | Electricité de France |
| eea | European Economic Area |
| eec | European Economic Community |
| eepr | European Energy Program for Recovery |
| eez | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| egat | Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand |
| ehv | Extra High Voltage |
| ehvdc | Extra High Voltage in Direct Current |
| eia | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| eib | European Investment Bank |
| eis | Environmental Impact Statement (us nepa) |
| eld | Environmental Liability Directive |
| emf | ElectroMagnetic Field |
| entsoe | European Network of Transmission System Operators |
| ep | Equator Principles |
| epa | Environmental Protection Act (Finland) |
| epe | European Principles for the Environment |
| epfi | Equator Principles Financial Institutions |
| epl | Environmental Protection Law (Lao pdr) |
| escap | (UN) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| esf | Environmental and Social Framework (World Bank) |
| esia | Environmental and Social Impact Assessment |
| esmf | Environmental and Social Management Framework (wb) |
| eta | Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, i.e. Basque country and freedom |
| EU | European Union |
| fanc | Finnish Association for Nature Conservation |
| fme | Finnish Ministry of the Environment |
| fne | France Nature Environnement |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| gea | Global Environmental Assessment Project |
| gef | Global Environment Facility |
| GWh | Gigawatt hours (unit of energy representing one billion watt hours) |
| gmp | Genetically Modified Plant |
| gms | Greater Mekong Subregion |
| helcom | Helsinki Commission (full name: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) |
| hv | High Voltage |
| Hz | Hertz |
Impact Assessment |
|
| iaia | International Association for Impact Assessment |
| ibrd | International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (wb Group) |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| ida | International Development Association (World Bank Group) |
| iee | Initial Environmental Evaluation (in the Antarctic Environmental Protocol) |
| iem | Internal Energy Market (European Union) |
| ifc | International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) |
| ifi | International Financial Institution |
| iil | Institute of International Law |
| ila | International Law Association |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ilo | International Labour Organisation |
| ilr | International Law Reports |
| imf | International Monetary Fund |
| io | International Organization |
| ip | Inspection Panel |
| itlos | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| iucn | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| jcccn | Joint Committee on Coordination of Commercial Navigation on the Lancang-Mekong River |
| jo | Journal Officiel |
| kho | Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Supreme Administrative Court of Finland) |
| kV | Kilovolt |
| lel | Lender Environmental Liability |
| lmc | Lower Mekong Cooperation Mechanism |
| lmi | Lower Mekong Initiative |
| lprp | Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (formerly Pathet Lao) |
| lrsa | Living River Siam Association (formerly searin) |
| m-power | Mekong Program on Water, Environment and Resilience |
| mc | Mekong Committee |
| mdb | Multilateral Development Bank |
| mfmp | Multilateral Fund for the Montreal Protocol |
| mnc | Multinational Corporations |
| MoNRE | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Thailand) |
| mop | Meeting of the Parties |
| mp | Member of Parliament |
| mrc | Mekong River Commission |
| mrc jc | Mekong River Commission Joint Committee |
Mekong River Commission Secretariat |
|
| mw | Mega Watts |
| naaec | North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation |
| nabu | Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (Germany) |
| nacec | North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
| nadb | North American Development Bank |
| nafta | North American Free Trade Area |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| ndb | New Development Bank |
| ndf | Northern Development Foundation |
| ndia | National Defense Industrial Association |
| neb | National Environment Board (Thailand) |
| nepa | (US) National Environmental Policy Act |
| nepc | Nordic Environmental Protection Convention |
| neqa | National Environmental Quality Act (Thailand) |
| ngo | Non-Governmental Organization |
| nmc | National Mekong Committee |
| oecd | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| pgm | Plantes Génétiquement Modifiées |
| pnpca | (mrc) Procedures for Notification, Prior Consultation and Agreement |
| ppa | Power Purchase Agreement |
| prp | Potentially Responsible Parties |
| ree | Red Eléctrica de España |
| rte | Réseau de Transport d’Electricité |
| sac | Supreme Administrative Court |
| sci | Site of Community Importance (Natura 2000 network in the EU) |
| sea | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| searin | Southeast Asia International Rivers Network (now lrsa) |
| sepa | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) |
| sesa | Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment |
| som | Senior Official Meeting |
| spa | Special Protection Area (Natura 2000 network in the EU) |
| sri | Socially Responsible Investment |
| ssnc | Swedish Society for Nature Conservation |
| stea | Science, Technology and Environment Agency (Lao pdr) |
| teia | Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment |
| terra | Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance |
| teu | Treaty on European Union |
| tk | Traditional Knowledge |
| tso | Transmission System Operator |
Technical Working Group (implementation of the Navigation Agreement) |
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| ucpte | Union pour la Coordination de la Production et de la Transmission d’Electricité |
| ufepte | Union Franco-Espagnole Pour la coordination de la Production et du Transport d’Electricité |
| ufipte | Union Franco-Ibérique Pour la coordination de la Production et du Transport d’Electricité |
| umnip | Upper Mekong Navigation Improvement Project |
| UN | United Nations |
| un gaor | United Nations General Assembly Official Records |
| unced | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio) |
| unche | United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm) |
| unclos | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| unece | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| unep | United Nations Environmental Program |
| unfccc | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| unga | United Nations General Assembly |
| unipede | Union Internationale des Producteurs et Distributeurs d’Electricité |
| unts | United Nations Treaty Series |
| US | United States |
| usaid | United States Agency for International Development |
| vatt | Valtion Taloudellinen Tutkimuskeskus (Finnish Institute for Economic Research) |
| wb | World Bank |
| wcd | Word Commission on Dams |
| wssd | World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg) |
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