City-Level Decoupling-Full Report

Abbreviations and acronyms

BRT CDM DMC DMI DMO DPO EMR

Bus Rapid Transit

Clean Development Mechanism Domestic Material Consumption Domestic Material Input Domestic Material Output Domestic Processed Output Extended Metropolitan Regions

ECLAC ESCAP

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

EU

European Union

EDAP

Energy Descent Action Plans

G20

Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from 20 major economies

GDP GHG

Gross Domestic Product

Greenhouse Gas

IBNET

International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities

LAC LED MFA MIT MLP

Latin America and the Caribbean

Light-Emitting Diode

Material Flow Accounting/Material Flow Analysis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Multi-Level Perspective Material Throughputs Net Addition to Stock

MT

NAS

NGOs OECD

Non-Governmental Organisations

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

PUI

Sustainability-Oriented Innovations

SOIs TMC TMR WWF

Peri-Urban Interface

Total Material Consumption Total Material Requirements

World Wildlife Fund

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