List of abbreviations

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• CAPMoN—Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network
• CCME—Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
• CESI—Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
• CFC—chlorofluorocarbon
• CH₄—methane
• CO₂—carbon dioxide
• DFO—Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• FPT—federal/provincial/territorial
• GDP—gross domestic product
• GHG—greenhouse gas
• GWP—global warming potential
• HFC—hydrofluorocarbon
• IPCC—Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• Mt—megatonnes; million tonnes
• Mt CO₂ eq—megatonnes (million tonnes) of carbon dioxide equivalent
• NAPS—National Air Pollution Surveillance
• n.d.—no date
• N₂O—nitrous oxide
• NO_x—nitrogen oxides; includes nitric oxides (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO₂)
• NPRI—National Pollutant Release Inventory
• NRTEE—National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
• O₃—stratospheric ozone
• PCB—polychlorinated biphenyl
• PFC—perfluorocarbon
• PM_2.5—fine particulate matter (particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5micrometres in diameter)
• ppb—parts per billion
• SF₆—sulphur hexafluoride
• SO_x—sulphur oxides
• SUV—sport utility vehicle
• μg/m³—micrograms per cubic metre
• μgm—micrograms
• μm—micrometre; the average diameter of a human hair is approximately 80 micrometres
• UNFCCC—United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• VOC—volatile organic compounds
• WQI—Water Quality Index