Webcasts now available
The webcasts of the CEC’s Fifteenth Regular Council Session and the North America 2030: An Environmental Outlook conference are now available for viewing. Please select an option below:

Council Session

Outlook 2030 conference

Continental plan to protect the monarch’s migratory journey
Canada, Mexico and the United States are joining forces to protect and conserve the Monarch butterfly, which has become a symbol of North America’s shared environment.

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North American Monarch Conservation Plan

Ministerial Statement: Fifteenth Regular Session of the CEC Council
We, the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States, members of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) met for our annual Regular Session and consulted with our Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) and the public on 26 June 2008.

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New report looks at the state of the North American environment
In its latest state of the environment report, the CEC examines 14 key issues to identify challenges and opportunities for environmental cooperation in the NAFTA nations.

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The North American Mosaic: An Overview of Key Environmental Issues

Citizen Submissions Update
Any person or nongovernmental organization may submit to the CEC allegations that a government is failing to enforce its environmental law effectively, catalyzing a process that can lead to the development of a factual record. Click here for general information or below for latest developments.

CEC releases factual record concerning the Pointe-Saint-Charles Montreal Technoparc submission

CEC Council instructs Secretariat to develop a factual record on the Coal-fired Power Plants submission

CEC Council instructs the Secretariat to develop a factual record for Lago Chapala II submission submission

CEC publishes ALCA-Iztapalapa II factual record

CEC Secretariat recommends development of factual record on the Ex Hacienda El Hospital submissions

North American Environmental Atlas now online
A new online information tool from the CEC provides a suite of materials to visualize significant North American environmental issues at a continental scale.

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North America acts to reduce risk of exposure to lindane
The CEC announced the signing on 30 November 2006, of the North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Lindane and Other Hexachlorocyclohexane Isomers to reduce the risk of exposure to the toxic pesticide and waste isomer byproducts.

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Lindane NARAP bibliography new