ADLs Acordos de Desenvolvimento Local [Local Development Agreements]
AfDB African Development Bank [Côte d’Ivoire]
AIDC Alternative Information and Development Centre [South Africa]
ALMG Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais [Minas Gerais Legislative Assembly, Brazil]
ANM Agência Nacional de Mineração [National Mining Agency, Brazil]
ARC Appalachian Regional Commission [USA]
ARISE Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies [USA]
ASA Articulação Semiárido Brasileiro [Brazilian Semi-Arid Network]
BIL Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [USA]
BLM Bikita Lithium Mine [Zimbabwe]
BOGA Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance
CCS carbon capture and storage
CCUS carbon capture utilisation and storage
CFAL Red para la Reducción de Combustibles Fósiles en América Latina y el Caribe [Network for the Reduction of Fossil Fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean]
CIP Centro de Integridade Pública [Centre for Public Integrity, Mozambique]
CLACSO Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales [Latin American Council of Social Sciences, Argentina]
CNMI Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana [National Chamber for Italian Fashion]
CNPq Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico [National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil]
CONICET Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina]
COP Conference of the Parties
CORFO Corporación de Fomento de la Producción de Chile [Chilean Economic Development Agency]
CPA Consejo de Pueblos Atacameños [Council of Atacameño Peoples, Chile]
CRMW Coal River Mountain Watch [USA]
CSO civil society organisation
CSR corporate social responsibility
CTA Centro Terra Viva [Mozambique]
DAPL Dakota Access Pipeline [USA]
DFID Department for International Development [UK]
DNP Departamento Nacional de Planeación [National Planning Department, Colombia]
EACOP East African Crude Oil Pipeline ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean [Chile]
EDM Electricidade de Moçambique EDN Emergency Design Network [UK] EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EITI Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative [Norway]
ENDE Estratégia Nacional de Desenvolvimento [National Development Strategy, Mozambique]
ESF Environmental and Social Framework
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
ETP Energy Transition Plan [Nigeria]
EU European Union
EV electric vehicle
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Italy]
FAPEMIG Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais [Minas Gerais State Agency for Research and Development, Brazil]
FCDO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [UK]
FLASCO Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales [Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Argentina]
FPIC Free, Prior and Informed Consent
FUNAE Fundo de Energia [The Energy Fund, Mozambique]
GCPA Global Clean Power Alliance [UK]
GDP gross domestic product
GEF Global Environment Facility [USA]
GESTA Grupo de Estudos em Temáticas Ambientais [Study Group on Environmental Issues, Brazil]
GFMR Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit [German Society for International Cooperation]
GMOU Global Memorandum of Understanding
HCDT Host Community Development Trusts [Nigeria]
IAP International Accountability Project [USA]
IBGE Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística [Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics]
ICVL International Coal Ventures Private Limited [India]
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IDS Institute of Development Studies [UK]
IEA International Energy Agency [France]
IESE Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos [Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mozambique]
ILO International Labour Organization [Switzerland]
IMD Instituto para Democracia Multipartidária [Institute for Multiparty Democracy, Mozambique]
IMF International Monetary Fund [USA]
IRA Inflation Reduction Act [USA]
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency [UAE]
ITIE Iniciativa de Transparência da Indústria Extractiva [Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Norway]
IWGIA International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs [Denmark]
JET-Ps just energy transition partnerships
JRF Joseph Rowntree Foundation [UK]
JTLP Just Transitions Learning Project
kVA kilo-volt-amperes
LDA Local Development Agreement
LNG liquefied natural gas
MASC Mecanismo para a Sociedade Civil [Mechanism for Civil Society, Mozambique]
MG Minas Gerais [Brazil]
MTR mountaintop removal
NAPE National Association of Professional Environmentalists [Uganda]
NAWAD National Association for Women’s Action in Development [Uganda]
NERC Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission
NGO non-governmental organisation
NHS National Health Service [UK]
NIISA Núcleo Interdisciplinar de Investigação Socioambiental [Interdisciplinary Socio-Environmental Research Group, Brazil]
NRC Norwegian Refugee Council
NRGI Natural Resource Governance Institute [USA]
NUPRC Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission
OCMAL Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina [Latin American Observatory of Mining Conflicts, Chile]
ODA Official Development Assistance
ONGs organizações não governamentais [non-governmental organisations]
PCNS Policy Center for the New South [Morocco]
PLARS Plataforma para la Reactivación Sostenible [Peru and Colombia]
POWER Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization [USA]
PPCA Powering Past Coal Alliance
PPE personal protective equipment
PWYP Publish What You Pay
RAMPS Radical Action for Mountains’ and People’s Survival [USA]
REA Rural Electrification Agency [Nigeria]
SAFTU South African Federation of Trade Unions
SAIIA South African Institute of International Affairs
SAPS South African Police Service
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SEA Servicio de Evaluación Ambienta [Environmental Assessment Service, Chile]
SEIA Sistema de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental [Environmental Impact Assessment System, Chile]
SIACAM Sistema de Información Abierta a la Comunidad Sobre la Actividad Minera en Argentina [Open Community Information System on Mining Activity, Argentina]
SMCRA Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [USA]
SOMO Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations [The Netherlands]
SONAMI Sociedad Nacional de Minería [National Mining Society, Chile]
SPDC Shell Petroleum Development Company [Nigeria]
SPEED+ Supporting the Policy Environment for Economic Development Plus
SQM Sociedad Química y Minera [Chemical and Mining Company, Chile]
SSCC Shop Stewards’ Combine Committee
STR Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Rurais [Rural Workers’ Union, Brazil]
TIPS Towards an Inclusive and Peaceful Society in Mozambique
TUC Trades Union Congress [UK]
UFMG Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais [Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil]
UFVJM Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri [Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Brazil]
UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Trade and Development [Switzerland]
UNDP United Nations Development Programme [USA]
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UN-OCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [USA]
UNSD United Nations Statistics Division [USA]
UNU-MERIT United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and social Research institute on Innovation and Technology [The Netherlands]
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USDA US Department of Agriculture
VAT Value Added Tax
WFP World Food Programme [Italy]
WHO World Health Organization [Switzerland]
WWF World Wildlife Fund [Switzerland]