- A5 - Arctic 5
- AAC - Arctic Athabaskan Council
- AANDC - Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
- AC - Arctic Council
- ACAP - Arctic Contaminants Action Program
- ACIA - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
- AEPS - Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy
- AHDR - Arctic Human Development Report
- AMAP - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
- AMSA - Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment
- AMSP - Arctic Marine Strategic Plan
- ANWR - Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- AOR - Arctic Ocean Review
- ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASSW - Arctic Science Summit Week
- AWPPA - Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
- BAM - Baikal-Amur Mainline
- BAT - Best Available Techniques
- BEAC - Barents Euro Arctic Council
- BEAR - Barents Euro Arctic Region
- BEP - Best Environmental Practice
- BIS - Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (UK)
- BP - British Petroleum
- CAA - Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration
- CAFF - Conservation of Arctic Fauna and Flora
- CARC - Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
- CBD - Convention on Biological Diversity
- CBSS - Council of the Baltic Sea States
- CCGS - Canadian Coast Guard Ship
- CEA - Centre d'Etudes Arctiques
- CEARC - Centre Européen Arctique
- CFP - Common Fisheries Policy
- CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
- CLCS - Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
- COP15 - 15th Conference of Parties (to the Kyoto Protocol)
- CORE - Centre for Offshore Research & Engineering
- CP Le - Cercle Polaire
- CPAR - Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
- DC - Davis Corridor
- DECC - Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK)
- DEFRA - Department for Food and Rural Affairs (UK)
- DFAIT - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canada)
- DfT - Department for Transport (UK)
- DND - Department of National Defence (Canada)
- DWT - Dead Weight Tonnes
- EBM - Ecosystem Based Management
- EC - European Commission
- EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone
- EFTA - European Free Trade Agreeement
- EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment
- ENGO - Environmental Non Governmental Organizations
- EP - European Parliament
- EPPR - Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response
- EU - European Union
- FC - Fram Corridor
- FCO UK - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- FPSO - Floating Production Storage and Offloading
- GBP - Great Britain Pound
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GEGA - Groupe d'Etude sur la Gouvernance Arctique (France)
- GPS - Global Positioning System
- HDI - Human Development Index
- IASC - International Arctic Science Committee
- IASSA - International Arctic Social Science Association
- ICC - Inuit Circumpolar Council
- IEA - International Energy Agency
- IGO - Intergovernmental Organisation
- ILO - International Labour Organisation
- IMO - International Maritime Organisation
- INSROP - International Northern Sea Route Programme
- IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IPEV - Institut Polaire Français
- IPS - Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat
- IPY - International Polar Year
- IR - International Relations
- ISA - International Seabed Authority
- ITC - Inuit Tapirisat of Canada
- ITK - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
- IUCN - International Union for the Conservation of Nature
- JAMSTEC - Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- JANSROP - Japan Northern Sea Route Programme
- JARE - Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
- JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- JCAR - Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research
- JOGMEC - Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation
- LNG - Liquefied Natural Gas
- MARPOL - Convention on the Prevention of Pollution by Ships
- MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency (UK)
- MEP - Member of European Parliament
- MEXT - Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- MFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- MLIT - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)
- MMPA - Marine Mammals Protection Act (USA)
- MoFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
- MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
- MP - Member of Parliament
- MPA - Maritime and Port Authority (Singapore)
- MT - Metric Tonnes
- NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
- NAFO - Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
- NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- ND - Northern Dimension (EU)
- NDFP - Northern Dimension of Canadian Foreign Policy
- NEAFC - North East Atlantic Fisheries Convention
- NEP - Northeast Passage
- NERC - Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
- NGO - Non-Governmental Organisation
- NIPR - National Institute of Polar Research (Japan)
- NMC - Northern Maritime Corridor
- NORA - Nordic Atlantic Cooperation
- NORAD - North American Air Defence Command
- NORDEFCO - Nordic Defense Cooperation
- NORDREG - Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services
- NORDSUP - Nordic Supportive Defense Structures
- NPC - Northern Pacific Corridor
- NSIDC - National Snow and Ice Data Center
- NSPD - National Security Presidential Directive
- NSR - Northern Sea Route
- NUS - National University of Singapore
- NWP - Northwest Passage
- NWT - Northwest Territories
- OME - Offshore and Marine Engineering
- OPRC - International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation
- OPRF - Ocean Policy Research Foundation (Japan)
- OSPAR - Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
- PA - Polar Ambassador
- PAME - Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
- PAP - People's Action Party (Singapore)
- PAS - Polish Academy of Science
- PM - Prime Minister
- PMO - Prime Minister's Office
- POPs - Persistent Organic Pollutants
- PP - Permanent Participants
- PRS - Stanislaw Siedlecki Polish Research Station
- PRU - Polar Regions Unit (UK)
- PSA - Port of Singapore Authority
- RAIPON - Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
- RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RFE - Russian Far East
- RFMO - Regional Fisheries Management Organization
- SAO - Senior Arctic Official
- SAON - Sustaining Arctic Observation Network
- SAR - Search and Rescue
- SCPAR - Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region
- SDF - Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
- SDWG - Sustainable Development Working Group (Arctic Council)
- SIPRI - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- SMC - Singapore's Maritime Cluster
- SNP - Scottish National Party
- SOE - State Owned Enterprises
- SOF - Ship and Ocean Foundation
- SOLAS - Safety of Life at Sea (IMO)
- STCW - Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers
- TNC - Transnational Corporations
- TPP - Trans Polar Passage
- TSR - Transpolar Sea Route
- UDHR - Universal Declaration on Human Rights
- UK - United Kingdom
- ULCC - Ultra Large Crude Carrier
- UN - United Nations
- UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat 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
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- UNDRIP - United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- UNECE - United Nations European Economic Commission for Europe
- UNEP - United Nations Environmental Programme
- UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UNIS - University of Svalbard
- USA - United States of America
- USGS - United States Geological Survey
- USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- VLCC - Very Large Crude Carrier
- WCED - World Commission on Environment and Development
- WDGF - Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
- WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WMO - World Meteorological Organization
- WWF - World Wildlife Fund
- WWII - World War II
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