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Departmental results framework as per "TB policy on results"

Core responsibilities / Minister’s mandate priorities

Core Responsibilities are the functions related to the ongoing departmental mandate. The items listed under each Core Responsibility are specific ministerial mandate commitments drawn from the Minister’s Mandate Letter, the Speech from the Throne and Budget 2016.

Core responsibilities

• Taking action on clean growth and climate change
  Through engagement with other federal departments and agencies, provinces, territories, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders, and external experts, the Department will support and coordinate the implementation of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF); work to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; drive clean growth; develop regulatory instruments; support businesses and Canadians to adapt and become more resilient to climate change; and contribute to international climate change actions to increase global benefits.
• Preventing and managing pollution
  Collaborate with provinces, territories, Indigenous peoples and others to develop and administer environmental standards, guidelines, regulations and risk management instruments to reduce releases and monitor levels of contaminants in air, water and soil; and promote and enforce compliance with environmental laws and regulations.
• Conserving nature
  Protect and recover species at risk and their critical habitat; conserve and protect healthy populations of migratory birds; engage and enable provinces and territories, Indigenous peoples, stakeholders, and the public to increase protected areas and contribute to conservation and stewardship activities; expand and manage the Department’s protected areas; and collaborate with domestic and international partners to advance the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable development.
• Predicting weather and environmental conditions
  Monitor weather, water, air quality and climate conditions; provide forecasts, information and warnings to the Canadian public and targeted sectors through a range of service delivery options; conduct research; develop and maintain computer-based models for predicting weather and other environmental conditions; and collaborate and exchange data with other national meteorological services and with international organizations.

Departmental results and result indicators for each core responsibility / Minister's mandate priorities

By defining Results/outcomes and indicators, progress against Core Responsibilities will be monitored and updated through public reporting and departmental management

Take action on clean growth and climate change

• Canadian greenhouse gas short-lived climate pollutant emissions are reduced
  • GHG emissions from light duty vehicles
  • GHG emissions from heavy duty vehicles
  • Black carbon emissions, as reported in Canada’s Black Carbon Emissions Inventory
  • HFC emissions
  • Reduced methane emissions from the oil and gas sector
  • Emissions reductions are being achieved under the Clean Fuel Standard building on the Renewable Fuels Regulations
  • Percentage of coal-fired electricity generation units meeting their regulated GHG emissions intensity performance requirement
  • Carbon pricing systems are in place in Canada
  • GHG emissions from ECCC operations
• Indigenous Peoples are engaged in clean growth and climate change
  • Co-development of indicators with Indigenous Peoples to ensure they are engaged in the implementation of the PCF, through three distinct senior-level joint tables with First Nations, Inuit, and the Métis Nation.
• Canada contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing climate resilience globally
  • Canada’s public sector investments leverage private sector climate finance
  • GHG reductions resulting from international initiatives funded by Canada
  • Cumulative number of people in developing countries who benefitted from Canada’s adaptation funds
• Canadian communities, economies, and ecosystems are more resilient
  • Number of individuals, businesses, and governments accessing climate services and using that information to inform decision making

Preventing and managing pollution

• Canadians have clean air
  • Percentage of Canadians living in areas where air quality standards are achieved
• Canadians have clean water
  • Percentage of wastewater systems where effluent quality standards are achieved
• The Canadian environment is protected from harmful substances
  • Number of substances assessed, identified as toxic, and for which control measures were put in place

Conserving nature

• Canada’s wildlife and habitat are conserved and protected
  • Percentage of migratory bird species that are within target population ranges
  • Percentage of Canadian areas conserved as protected areas and other effective areas-based conservation measures
• Canada’s species at risk are recovered
  • Percentage of species at risk for which changes in populations are consistent with recovery objective
• Indigenous Peoples are engaged in conservation
  • Percentage of Indigenous Peoples engaged with ECCC who indicate that the engagement was meaningful

Predicting weather and environmental conditions

• Canadians use authoritative weather and related information to make decisions about their health and safety
  • Index of the timeliness and accuracy of severe weather warnings on a scale of 0 to 10
  • Percentage of Canadians that use ECCC information to address water-related impacts on health, safety, economy and environment

Program inventory

Provides an overview of how the Department’s Programs are organized to achieve the Departmental Results

Take action on clean growth and climate change

• Clean growth and climate change mitigation
• International climate change action
• Climate change adaptation

Preventing and managing pollution

• Air quality
• Water quality and ecosystems partnerships
• Community eco-action
• Substances and waste management
• Compliance promotion and enforcement - pollution

Conserving nature

• Species at Risk
• Biodiversity policy and partnerships
• Migratory birds and other wildlife
• Environmental assessment
• Habitat conservation and protection
• Compliance promotion and enforcement - wildlife

Predicting weather and environmental conditions

• Weather and environmental observations, forecasts and warnings
• Hydrological services

Internal services

• Material management
• Real property
• Legal services
• Communications
• Human resources
• Financial management
• Information technology
• Information management
• Acquisitions
• Management and oversight