Departmental overview for the Minister of Environment and Climate Change: chapter 8

Common acronyms

A

ACCO

Ambassador for Climate Change’s Office

ADM

Assistant Deputy Minister

ADMO

Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister

AEB

Audit and Evaluation Branch

AFN

Assembly of First Nations

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

AQMS

Air Quality Management System

AsDM

Associate Deputy Minister

ATIP

Access to Information and Privacy

B

BIA

Budget Implementation Act

C

CAP

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

CaPSA

Canada’s Plastic Science Agenda

CBD

Convention on Biological Diversity

CCB

Climate Change Branch

CCME

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

CEC

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

CETA

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

CEPA

Canadian Environmental Protection Act

CICC

Canadian Institute for Climate Choices

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CMP

Chemicals Management Plan

CNPA

Canada National Parks Act

CNZEAA

Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act

COP

Conference of the Parties (usually to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change or the Convention on Biological Diversity)

COSEWIC

Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

CSFB

Corporate Services and Finance Branch

CUSMA

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement

CWA

Canada Wildlife Act

CWS

Canadian Wildlife Service

D

DM

Deputy Minister

DMO

Deputy Minister’s Office

DoJ

Department of Justice

DP

Departmental Plan

DRF

Departmental Results Framework

DRR

Departmental Results Report

E

EAs

Environmental Assessments (now called Impact Assessments (IAs))

EB

Enforcement Branch

ECCC

Environment and Climate Change Canada

EEA

Environmental Enforcement Act

ENGOs

Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations

EPA

United States’ Environmental Protection Agency

EPB

Environmental Protection Branch

EVs

Electric vehicles

F

FNACSAR

First Nations Advisory Committee on Species at Risk

FSDA

Federal Sustainable Development Act

FPT

Federal, Provincial and Territorial

G

G7

Group of 7 [Canada, U.S.A., Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Japan]

G8

Group of 8

G20

Group of 20

G&Cs

Grants and Contributions

GAC

Global Affairs Canada

GGPPA

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

GIC

Governor In Council

GPAP

Global Plastic Action Partnership

H

HDV

Heavy Duty Vehicle

HRB

Human Resources Branch

HSMBC

Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

I

IAA

Impact Assessment Act

IAAC

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

IAB

International Affairs Branch

ICC

Inuit Circumpolar Council

ICPC

Inuit Crown Partnerships Committee

IJC

International Joint Commission

IPCA

Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature

ITK

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

L

LDV

Light Duty Vehicle

LSU

Legal Services Unit

M

MBC

Migratory Birds Convention

MBCA

Migratory Birds Convention Act

MBS

Migratory Bird Sanctuary

MNC

Métis National Council

MOCA

Ministerial on Climate Action

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MSC

Meteorological Service of Canada

MtM

Memorandum to Minister

MWA

Marine Wildlife Areas

N

NAAEC

North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation

NACOSAR

National Aboriginal Council on Species at Risk

NBS

Nature-based solutions

NCC

Native Council of Canada

NIO

National Indigenous Organization

NIR

National Indigenous Representative

NWA

National Wildlife Area

NWAC

Native Women’s Association of Canada

NZAB

Net-Zero Advisory Body

O

ODS

Ozone-depleting substances

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OIC

Order In Council

P

P4G

Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030

PACE

Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy

PACB

Public Affairs and Communications Branch

PCA

Parks Canada Agency

PCAA

Parks Canada Agency Act

PCF

Pan-Canadian Framework (on Clean Growth and Climate Change)

POGG

Peace, Order and Good Government

POPs

Persistent Organic Pollutants

PPCA

Powering Past Coal Alliance

S

SARA

Species at Risk Act

SARAC

Species at Risk Advisory Committee

SCC

Supreme Court of Canada

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SEA

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SFAC

Sustainable Finance Action Council

SLCPs

Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

SPB

Strategic Policy Branch

STB

Science and Technology Branch

T

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure

U

UNEA

United Nations Environment Assembly

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

V

VOCs

Volatile organic compounds

W

WAPPRIITA

Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act

WCEF

World Circular Economy Forum

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

Z

ZEV

Zero-Emission Vehicle