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Indigenous Leader and Scholar Octaviana Trujillo to Chair CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC)
Montreal, 18 January 2023 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to announce that Octaviana V. Trujillo (Yaqui), Ph.D., founding Chair and Professor Emerita in the Department of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University and former Chair of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, will chair CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) for 2023.
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We conduct research, provide tools and training, and provide a unique space for decision-makers and the public to engage on environmental policy issues affecting the North American region.
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Climate Change
Supporting emissions reduction and helping communities adapt to extreme weather events

Ecosystems
Working with communities to conserve and restore North America's terrestrial and marine ecosystems and priority species

Enforcement
Supporting enforcement and compliance with domestic environmental law and with multilateral environmental agreements

Green Growth
Innovative joint approaches to support sustainable economic development, trade and consumption

Pollutants
Promoting clean air, water and land through prevention, reductions, and sound management of pollutant releases, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste
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Community Science Activity, Community Engagement, and Local Action Plan Workshop (Canada)
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Documents
Documents related to governance including Council Resolutions, JPAC Advice to Council, Operational Plans & more
Council Resolution 22-07
Funding of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation for the Financial Year 2023
Council Resolution 22-01
Funding of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation for the financial year 2022
CEC’s Strategic Plan 2021-2025
Renewing our trilateral commitment and implementing the new Free Trade Agreement and its supporting Environmental Cooperation Agreement
Operational Plan 2022
This Operational Plan 2022 (OP) presents the work that the CEC will implement this year, which by and large continues work initiated in 2021.