| %pt |
percentage point |
| BMI |
body mass index |
| CBS |
Statistics Netherlands |
| CES |
Conference of European Statisticians |
| CH4 |
methane (greenhouse gas) |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) |
| COPD |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| COVID-19 |
infectious disease caused by coronavirus SARs-coV-2 |
| CPB |
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis |
| CSR |
corporate social responsibility |
| EC |
European Commission |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| ECN |
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands |
| EMU |
European Economic and Monetary Union |
| ETS |
Emissions Trading System |
| EU |
European Union |
| EU2020 |
Long-term strategy of the EU |
| EU28 |
28 member states of the EU (from 1 July 2013) |
| FTE |
full-time equivalent |
| GALI |
Global Limitation Activity Index |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GNI |
gross national income |
| ha |
hectare |
| HAVO |
senior general secondary education |
| HICP |
harmonised index of consumer prices |
| ICT |
information and communication technology |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISCED |
International Standard Classification of Education |
| kg |
kilogram |
| LDCs |
least developed countries |
| LIR |
labour-income ratio |
| LPI |
Living Planet Index |
| m2 |
square metre |
| m3 |
cubic metre |
| MBO |
senior secondary vocational education and training |
| mln |
million |
| Mtonne |
megatonne |
| N2O |
nitrous oxide (laughing gas) |
| NEA |
National Survey on Working Conditions |
| NL |
Netherlands |
| NNN |
Netherlands Nature Network |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PBL |
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
| PCT |
Patent Cooperation Treaty |
| PFAS |
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance |
| PIAAC |
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| PISA |
Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PJ |
petajoule |
| PM2.5 |
fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less |
| PWI |
Personal Well-being Index |
| R&D |
research and development |
| RIVM |
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment |
| SCP |
Netherlands Institute for Social Research |
| SDG |
Sustainable Development Goal |
| SMEs |
small and medium-sized enterprises |
| TNO |
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research |
| UN |
United Nations |
| VMBO |
preparatory secondary vocational education |
| VWO |
pre-university education |
| WCED |
World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
