Abbreviations and acronyms

Air Quality Management System

Corporate average fuel economy

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

Carbon capture and storage

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Canadian Environmental Protection Act

Carbon dioxide equivalent

Canadian Water and Wastewater Association

Environmental assessment

Environment and Climate Change Canada

Environmental Enforcement Act

Exclusive Economic Zone

Environmental goods and services

Environmental management systems

Environmental Performance Review

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Federal Sustainable Development Strategy

Gross domestic product

Greenhouse gas

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

Land use, land-use change and forestry

Nationally Determined Contribution

National Energy Board

Non-governmental organisations

Nitrogen oxides

Official development assistance

Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

Particulate matter

Purchasing power parity

Research and development

Research, development and deployment

Strategic environmental assessment

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Sulphur oxides

Sport utility vehicles

Total final energy consumption

Total primary energy supply

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations