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2025 Active
Using the World Cup and Large-Scale Events to Raise Awareness About the Importance of Reducing Food Waste
Large public events (such as sports games, music concerts, and cultural celebrations that may take place at stadiums or other public gathering spaces) offer a unique opportunity for both promoting...
2025 Active Ecosystems
Strengthening Evidence-Based Collaborative Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Monarch butterfly population has experienced a significant decline over the last few decades. While the 2024-2025 wintering season saw an increase from the previous year, this remains one of the...
2022 Active Sustainable Living and Economies
Community-led Environmental Education Initiative for Biocultural Heritage Protection
North America is experiencing a diverse array of socio-environmental and economic challenges due to ecosystem degradation and climate change. These challenges disproportionately affect systemically vulnerable communities, including Indigenous communities and...
2024 Active SubTopic
Fast Mitigation Strategies for Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
Methane is a short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) and a potent greenhouse gas. At the 2023 North American Leaders Submit (NALS), Canada, Mexico and the United States recognized “the urgency for...
2024 Active Ecosystems
Resilience of Indigenous Peoples Traditional Food Systems
Food security is one of the major global challenges facing humanity today. The climate crisis and the depletion of natural resources have put an increased strain on food production. Therefore,...
2023 Active Sustainable Living and Economies
Stimulating Behavioral Changes to Reduce Food Loss and Waste (FLW) in North America and Expanded Promotion and Uptake of Related CEC FLW Resources
The CEC Council has acknowledged the importance to further build upon the success of past CEC FLW projects, and continue to demonstrate CEC leadership and visibility to support FLW reduction...
2023 Active Pollutants
Scoping Project on a North American Center for Informed Substitution
The presence of chemicals of concern in a broad range of products can be associated with risks. Many of these chemicals, their chemical substitutes, and their transformation products can negatively...
2022 Active Sustainable Living and Economies
Opportunities for Circularity in the North American Electronics Sector: Phase 1
Linear models of economic production and consumption place a high demand on natural resources and accelerate environmental degradation. This in turn translates into increased business risks through higher costs, as...