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Evaluation Review of the Clean Air Agenda Adaptation Theme: Review of Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement Findings

November 2010

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Acronyms used in the report

AAFC

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

ADM

Assistant Deputy Minister

AQHI

Air Quality Health Index

CAA

Clean Air Agenda

DFAIT

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

DFO

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

DGMC

Directors General Management Committee

DGTLCC

Director General Theme Lead Coordinating Committee

DM

Deputy Minister

EC

Environment Canada

HC

Health Canada

HMARF

Horizontal Management Accountability and Reporting Framework

ICCS

Improved Climate Change Scenarios

INAC

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

NRCan

Natural Resources Canada

PCA

Parks Canada Agency

PHAC

Public Health Agency of Canada

PIDIRS

Pilot Infectious Disease Impacts and Response System

SCC

Standards Council of Canada

TC

Transport Canada

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Acknowledgments

The Evaluation Project Team would like to thank the individuals who contributed to this project, particularly those from other federal departments who provided timely feedback and comments crucial to this review. The Evaluation Project Team was led by Gavin Lemieux, under the direction of Environment Canada Evaluation Director Shelley Borys, and included Linda Lee and Katheryne O’Connor.

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Program Profile
  • 2.1 Overview of the Adaptation Theme Within the Clean Air Agenda (CAA)
    • 2.1.1 Assistance to Northerners in Assessing Key Vulnerabilities and Opportunities (INAC)
    • 2.1.2 Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) (EC, HC)
    • 2.1.3 Climate Change and Health Adaptation in Northern/Inuit Communities (HC)
    • 2.1.4 Improved Climate Change Scenarios (EC)
    • 2.1.5 Innovative Risk Management Tools for Adaptation (NRCan)
    • 2.1.6 Regional Adaptation Action Partnerships (NRCan)
    • 2.1.7 Climate and Infectious Disease Alert and Response Systems to Protect the Health of Canadians (HC, PHAC)
  • 2.2 Stakeholders and Beneficiaries
  • 2.3 Governance
  • 2.4 Adaptation Resource Allocations
  • 2.5 Logic Model
• 3.0 Purpose, Scope and Methodology
  • 3.1 Purpose and Intended Audience
  • 3.2 Scope
    • 3.2.1 Key issues and evaluation questions
  • 3.3 Methodology
  • 3.4 Limitations
• 4.0 Findings
  • 4.1 Relevance
  • 4.2 Performance
• 5.0 Conclusions
• 6.0 Recommendations
• 7.0 Management Response