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IMO
International Maritime Organization
INES
International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale
INFORSE
International Network for Sustainable Energy
InSAR
Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPF
Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
ISA
International Seabed Authority
ISEW
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
ISRIC
International Soil Reference and Information Centre
ITLOS
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
ITOPF
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation
ITPS
Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils
IUCN
International Union for Conservation of Nature
JPoI
Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
LDC
Least Developed Country
LLL
Life Long Learning
LMI
Living Marine Index
LPI
Living Planet Index
LST
Land surface temperature
MARPOL
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships
MDG
Millennium Development Goal
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEWS
NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study
NGDO
Non-Governmental Development Organization
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OBOR
One Belt One Road
ODA
Official Development Assistance
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPEC
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPRC
International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness,
Response and Co-operation
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (USA)
PFC
Polyfluorinated compounds
PIC
Prior informed consent
POP
Persistent organic pollutant
PST
Paralytic shellfish toxin
RCP
Representative concentration pathway
REE
Rare earth element
RGS
Renewable groundwater stress
SAICM
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
SARD
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
SDG
Sustainable Development Goals
SE4ALL
Sustainable Energy for All
SME
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
SPARC
Stratospheric processes and their role in climate
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