Exhibit 1

An overview of this year's report

Chapter 1

• Governance and accountability regarding a management framework for climate change initiatives
• Monitoring of systems that track spending on climate change initiatives and reporting on spending
• Targets and policy tools for transportation and large industrial emitters
• Two new mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions:
• a domestic system to trade in greenhouse gas emissions, and
• Sustainable Development Technology Canada's climate change activities

Chapter 2

• An assessment of federal progress toward a strategy to help Canadians adapt to a changing climate (assessment of vulnerabilities to potential impacts of a changing climate, identification of priorities, and development of action plans)
• Work on climate change adaptation in six departments (with responsibilities for sectors or regions likely to be affected by climate change)
• Development and provision of information in three areas: research on impacts and adaptation, climate monitoring (to assess impacts and support adaptation), and regional climate modelling

Chapter 3

• A look in detail at three NRCan programs that each received $100 million or more in federal funding earmarked for climate change programs:
• the Wind Power Production Incentive,
• the EnerGuide for Existing Houses, and
• the Ethanol Expansion Program
• An examination of the amount of greenhouse gas emission reductions the three programs have achieved, what they have cost, and how the Department monitors and reports on program results and spending
• An assessment of the extent to which NRCan has learned from the experience, and the extent to which it has taken steps to reduce risks in managing its programs
• A broad look at other emission reduction efforts in the oil and gas sector and the areas of wind power and home energy efficiency to see whether NRCan can demonstrate what its programs and other activities have contributed to emission reductions targeted in the government's plans for addressing climate change

Chapter 4

• A report on the progress departments have made in meeting their sustainable development strategy commitments—specifically, the progress of 21 departments and agencies in implementing 39 commitments from their sustainable development strategies, including those addressing climate change

Chapter 5

• The annual report to Parliament on the environmental petitions process as required by the Auditor General Act, and new petitions received between 1 July  2005 and 30 June 2006
• An audit of the federal government's response to a petition concerning the purchase of green power—power derived from low-impact renewable sources of energy, such as wind; and an assessment of actions taken by Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and Public Works and Government Services Canada on the Purchase of Electricity from Renewable Resources Program, which aims to purchase green power and help develop markets for green power