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CEC Releases New Digital Land Cover/Land Use Map of North America, Most Accurate Available at This Scale

March 20, 2023 Climate Change

Montreal, 20 March 2023 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to release the latest trinational digital land cover map of North America, under the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS), a collaboration with the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States and their respective mapping agencies. This land cover map is the most accurate map available at this scale and is publicly available through the North American Environmental Atlas.

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March 20, 2023 Climate Change

CEC Releases New Digital Land Cover/Land Use Map of North America, Most Accurate Available at This Scale

Montreal, 20 March 2023 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to release the latest...

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EJ4Climate Grants
March 14, 2023 EJ4Climate

CEC EJ4Climate Grant Program Awards $2M for Environmental Justice

Montreal, 14 March 2023—The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has announced 14...

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Water Solutions for Sustainable Development
February 21, 2023 Climate Change

2023 Youth Innovation Challenge Launches Today Across North America

Montreal, 21 February 2023 — Today the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) launches the 2023 Youth...

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Avocado Production in Michoacán
February 3, 2023 SEM

CEC Receives Submission on Avocado Production in Michoacán

Montreal, 3 February 2023 — On 2 February, a Mexican citizen filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United...

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February 2, 2023 JPAC

JPAC Advice on the Creation of a New Network of Communities for Environmental Justice

The CEC’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has just submitted Advice to the CEC Council, regarding a new...

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JPAC Chair for 2023
January 18, 2023 JPAC

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...

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Residential Development
January 16, 2023 SEM

CEC Receives Submission on Residential Development in San Cristóbal de las Casas

Montreal, 16 January 2023 — On 11 January 2023, a US citizen and permanent resident of Mexico filed...

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Three Countries One Environment - COP27
November 10, 2022 Climate Change

Three Countries, One Environment: Canada, Mexico and the US Announce Details of New North American Climate Adaptation Initiative at COP27

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 9 November 2022—Today, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and its...

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Sem submission Cover Photo
October 27, 2022 SEM

CEC Receives USMCA/CUSMA Chapter 24 Submission on Water Quality in the Madín Dam Basin in Mexico

Montreal, 27 October 2022—Yesterday, the Madín Dam Basin Commission (La Comisión de Cuenca Presa...

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