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2024 Active Climate Change
Reaching Horizon 2030: An Environmental Outlook for North American Cooperation
The initiative Reaching Horizon 2030: An Environmental Outlook for North American Cooperation (H-2030) will assess significant environmental challenges to 2030 that can be addressed through the CEC, providing critical information and input for the development of the CEC Strategic Plan 2026–2030....
2023 Active Climate Change
Communities for Environmental Justice Network
Environmental Justice (EJ) is a broad term used to describe a range of social movements and policy frameworks which address the heightened risk of environmental harm to marginalized communities. Seeking justice in this context implies an effort to increase and enable fair and equitable treatment...
2022 Active Climate Change
Transitioning Remote Communities to Renewable Energy
Providing access to affordable, reliable and clean energy for all is a global challenge. Advancements in renewable energy sources and enabling technologies (e.g., storage), as well as their decentralized nature, represent available and realistic options for supplying access to low-cost and...
2022 Active Ecosystems
Addressing Ghost Gear in North America
Ghost gear (abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear - ALDFG) is a particularly harmful form of marine debris. The Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) is the largest cross-sectoral alliance dedicated to solving this issue, and includes Canada, Mexico, and the United States as government members....
2022 Active Pollutants
Air Quality Improvement for Environmental Justice
Black carbon (BC) or “soot” ─a component of fine particulate matter (PM)─ is an important air contaminant that not only affects public health but also our climate. Our countries’ systems for monitoring air pollution have limited coverage, with millions of people across North America...
2022 Active
Advancing Supply Chain Transparency for Chemicals in Products
A fundamental assumption in a circular economy is that materials re-introduced within value chains are safe for human health and the environment. However, when chemical composition data and/or industry awareness of the chemicals in products are lacking, this poses challenges to identifying risks to...
2022 Active Ecosystems
Advancing Pollinator Conservation throughout North America
Pollinators support the reproduction of 80% of wild vascular plants and 75% of crop species, and as such are crucial to food security, human well-being, and natural ecosystems. The number of pollinators has declined worldwide due to habitat loss and degradation, intensive agricultural management,...
2021 Active Green Growth
EcoInnovation Network – Transition
Innovation centers play a key role in sustainable economic development and job creation within and beyond the communities they serve. A key feature of the innovation centers is to provide inclusive and equal access to students and the public to capitalize on training, tools and resources for...