Ireland's State of the Environment Report 2024

7 Abbreviations and Acronyms Abbreviations and Acronyms ACRES Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme AMOC Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation AMR Antimicrobial resistance ANCA Aircraft Noise Competent Authority AR6 Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC) ASSAP Agricultural Sustainability Support and Advice Programme BAT Best available technique BEV Battery electric vehicle BoCCI Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland BSBI Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland CAP Common Agricultural Policy CAP24 Climate Action Plan 2024 CDW Construction demolition waste CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union CSR Directive Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive CSS Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability DAFM Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine DECC Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications DHLGH Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage DMAP Designated maritime area plan EAP Environment Action Programme 8th EAP Eighth Environment Action Programme ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECHA European Chemicals Agency EEA European Environment Agency EFSA European Food Safety Authority EIA Environmental impact assessment EIP European Innovation Partnership EIR Environmental Implementation Review EMF Electromagnetic field EPB Energy Performance of Buildings Directive END Environmental Noise Directive EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESR Effort Sharing Regulation ETS Emissions Trading System EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GDP Gross domestic product GES Good environmental status GHG Greenhouse gas GVA Gross value added HSE Health Service Executive ICCA Ireland’s Climate Change Assessment IE Industrial emissions IED Industrial Emissions Directive IPC Integrated pollution control IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IMPEL Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law IMR Irish Manufacturing Research IPBES Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature LAWPRO Local Authority Waters Programme LULUCF Land use, land use change and forestry MAC Maritime Area Consent