| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ADP | Annual Development Programme |
| AEDB | Alternative Energy Development Board |
| CAI | Clean Air Initiative |
| CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CCAMLR | Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CCSBT | Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CERs | Certified Emissions Reductions |
| CFCs | Chlorofluorocarbons |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CMS | Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals |
| CNG | Compressed Natural Gas |
| CO | Carbon Monoxide |
| COP | Conference of the Parties |
| CRAMRA | Antarctic Mineral Resources Convention |
| DNA | Designated National Authority |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPD | Environmental Protection Department |
| EPO | Environmental Protection Order |
| ER | Ecological Reserve |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHGs | Greenhouse Gases |
| GLOFs | Glacial Lake Outburst Floods |
| GOP | Government of Pakistan |
| HCFCs | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons |
| HFCs | Hydrofluorocarbons |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| IEE | Initial Environmental Examination |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ITLOS | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| IUCN | The World Conservation Union |
| IUU | Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported (fishing) |
| LDC | Least Developed Countries |
| LRTAP | Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| MACP | Mountain Areas Conservancy Project |
| MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
| MEAs | Multilateral Environmental Agreement |
| MOP | Meeting of the Parties |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MS | Member State |
| NAP | National Action Plan/Programme |
| NCS | National Conservation Strategy |
| NDMA | National Disaster Management Authority |
| NEAP | National Environmental Action Plan |
| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organisation(s) |
| NSDS | National Sustainable Development Strategy |
| ODS | Ozone-depleting Substance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPEC | Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPRC1990 | International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation |
| Pak EPA | Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency |
| PARC | Pakistan Agricultural Research Council |
| PCA | Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| PCAP | Pakistan Clean Air Programme |
| PCRET | Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies |
| PCRWR | Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources |
| PEPA | Pakistan Environmental Protection Act |
| PEPC | Pakistan Environmental Protection Council |
| PEPO | Pakistan Environmental Protection Department |
| PFCs | Perfluorocarbons |
| PFI | Pakistan Forest Institute |
| POPs | Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| PPPs | Public-Private Partnership |
| PSDF | Pakistan Sustainable Development Fund |
| REDD | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation |
| SACEP | South Asia Cooperative Environment Programme |
| SBI | Subsidiary Body for Implementation |
| SCCF | Special Climate Change Fund |
| SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| UNCCD | United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDG | United Nations Development Group |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDRR | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFF | United Nations Forum on Forests |
| UN-habitat | United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organisation |
| UN-REDD | United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation |
| WAPDA | Water and Power Development Authority |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
| WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WWF | Worldwide Fund for Nature |
