Abbreviations and Acronyms
CGBS
Common Good Balance Sheet
CSA
Community Supported Agriculture
DMC
Domestic Material Consumption
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GNH
Gross National Happiness
GNI
Gross National Income
GPI
Genuine Progress Indicator
HDI
UN Human Development Index
IDDRI
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations
IEA
International Energy Agency
IISD
International Institute of Sustainable Development
ILO
International Labour Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
INET
Institute for New Economic Thinking
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IRP
International Resource Panel
ISEW
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
ISSC
International Social Science Council
MEA
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
MF
Material Footprint
MLP
Multilevel Perspective
NWI
National Welfare Index
OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PE
Political Economy
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United
States of America
QDI
Quality of Development Index
RMC
Raw Material Consumption
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