EPA - Ireland's Environment, An Integrated Assessment - 2020

Acronyms and Abbreviations API Active pharmaceutical ingredient AQIH Air Quality Index for Health ASI Avoid–shift–improve ASSAP Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advisory Programme BaP Benzo[a]pyrene BAT Best available techniques BECCS Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage BER Building Energy Rating BIP Biodiversity Indicators Partnership BMW Border, Midland and Western C&D Construction and demolition CAP Common Agricultural Policy CARO Climate Action Regional Offices CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CCAC Climate Change Advisory Council CCPC Competition and Consumer Protection Commission CDR Carbon dioxide removal CEDaR Centre for Environmental Data and Recording CEFAS Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science CFP Common Fisheries Policy CORINE Coordination of Information on the Environment CORSIA Carbon Offsets and Reduction Scheme in International Aviation COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 CRCG Climate Research Coordination Group CSO Central Statistics Office DAFM Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine dB Decibel DBEI Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation DCCAE Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications DECC Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications DHPLG Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government DMC Domestic material consumption DWWTS Domestic wastewater treatment system(s) EAP Environment Action Programme ECHA European Chemicals Agency EEA European Environment Agency EFSA European Food Safety Authority EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIB European Investment Bank EIP European Innovation Partnership EIR Environmental Implementation Review ELV End-of-life vehicle EMF Electromagnetic field EMFF European Maritime and Fisheries Fund END Environmental Noise Directive EPA Environmental Protection Agency EQS Environmental quality standard ESB Electricity Supply Board ESD Effort Sharing Decision ESR Effort Sharing Regulation ETS Emissions Trading System EU European Union g CO 2 eq/ kWh Grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt-hour GHG Greenhouse gas GLAS Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology GPP Green public procurement GW Gigawatt HSE Health Service Executive Acronyms and Abbreviations 9