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Diver working on Ghost Gear

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....

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CEC Projects - Air pollution - Air Quality

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...

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Examples of chemicals in products

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...

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Pollinator Conservation

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,...

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EcoInnovation Network - Transition

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...

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Import and Export of Hazardous Waste

2021 Active Enforcement

Trilateral Data Exchange System on the Import and Export of Hazardous Waste – Maintenance, Implementation, Testing and Launch of US-Mexico API Exchange in Production

Pursuant to relevant regulations, Canada, Mexico and the United States control the import and export of hazardous wastes by exchanging notice and consent prior to shipping these wastes across their borders. In the context of CEC´s 2019-2020 Operational Plan, the CEC supported the countries to...

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Preventing and Reducing Food Loss and Waste

2021 Active Green Growth

Preventing and Reducing Food Loss and Waste – Continued Outreach, Enhancement and Promotion of CEC Related Products and Stakeholder Engagement

Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in Canada, Mexico and the United States, where close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted each year—across the food supply chain, including in pre-harvest and consumer sectors. Disposal of...

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Enhancing Co-benefits of Marine Protected Areas

2021 Active Ecosystems

Enhancing Co-benefits of Marine Protected Areas

The marine environment is inherently connected and transboundary in nature, causing threats to biodiversity to have impacts at local, regional, and global scales. Climate change has increased the need for collaboration across seascapes, as climate change impacts can affect the distribution and...

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