Strategic Policy Branch

Common acronyms

1. Mandate
2. Organization chart
3. Human Resources Information
4. Financial Information
5. Background Material
   1. Transition Approach Overview
   2. ECCC Data Strategy
   3. Minister of Environment and Climate Change Quarterly Mandate Letter Commitments Progress Report
   4. Final Report of the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance
      • 15 recommendations presenting a package of practical, concrete recommendations focused on spurring the essential market activities, behaviours and structures needed to bring sustainable finance into the mainstream.
   5. Canada’s Mid-Century Strategy
      • Canada's Mid-Century Strategy outlines potential GHG abatement opportunities, emerging key technologies, and identifies areas where emissions reductions will be more challenging and require policy focus in the context of a low carbon economy by 2050.
   6. Global Commission on Adaptation Report (GCA)
      • Report focusing on making the case for climate adaptation, providing specific insights and recommendations in key sectors: food security, the natural environment, water, cities and urban areas, infrastructure, disaster risk management, and finance. It is designed to inspire action among decision-makers, including heads of state and government officials, mayors, business executives, investors, and community leaders.
   7. The Canadian Council of Academies Canada’s Top Climate Change Risks Report (CCA Report)
      • A comprehensive examination of climate change risks for Canada and their relative significance.
   8. 2018 Canadian Emissions Projections
   9. Fossil Fuel Subsidy background materials
   10. The Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS)
       • Federal government’s primary vehicle for sustainable development planning and reporting. It sets out our sustainable development priorities, establishes goals and targets, and identifies actions to achieve them.
   11. Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health (COA)
       • Collaborative agreement between Canada and Ontario to advance action on key challenges facing the Great Lakes.
   12. State of the Great Lakes report
       • Canada-United States Collaboration for Great Lakes Water Quality assessments support the identification of current and emerging challenges to Great Lakes water quality and ecosystem health, help Governments evaluate the effectiveness of programs and policies in place to address challenges, and help inform and engage others.
   13. Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
   14. Policy and Implementation Guide to Strategic Environmental Assessment at ECCC