In the Spotlight
World Water Day 2025: CEC Launches New Portal on Indigenous Approaches to Freshwater Management in North America
For many Indigenous Peoples across North America, water is sacred and central to the spiritual, cultural and personal aspects of life. Modern governance of freshwater across North America impacts these longstanding and ongoing relationships to water and to the economic viability of traditional lifestyles. The knowledge generated from these holistic relationships, along with the transfer of intergenerational knowledge, can inform modern approaches to the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
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Climate Change
Supporting emissions reduction and helping communities adapt to extreme weather events
Environmental Justice
The pursuit of environmental justice (EJ) aims to address historical inequities, marginalization and discrimination in how environmental benefits and burdens are enjoyed or suffered by certain communities.
Ecosystems
Working with communities to conserve and restore North America's terrestrial and marine ecosystems and priority species
Enforcement
Supporting enforcement and compliance with domestic environmental law and with multilateral environmental agreements
Green Growth
Innovative joint approaches to support sustainable economic development, trade and consumption
Pollutants
Promoting clean air, water and land through prevention, reductions, and sound management of pollutant releases, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste
Youth Engagement
Over the years, the CEC has been committed to youth engagement and the efforts supported have provided youth with opportunities to raise awareness, provide tangible, sustainable, and innovative solutions for environmental issues in their communities, and influence CEC’s strategies, projects, and initiatives.
Featured Project
Community-led Environmental Education Initiative for Biocultural Heritage Protection
2022 Active Green Growth
Featured Publication
Guide to the Inventory of CEC initiatives with Indigenous engagement (1995-2018)
November 25, 2024 31 pages Ecosystems
As part of the North American TEK Atlas project, the present guide is a companion to the Inventory of CEC initiatives that have included Indigenous engagement. This inventory spans the entire history of CEC activities, from 1995 to December 2018. It involved keyword-based research from the CEC website and publication archives as well as discussions with CEC Secretariat staff to identify most initiatives.
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Part-time Communications, Outreach and Engagement (Social Media) Internship – Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Internship Opportunities
Deadline: April 4, 2025 5:00pm
Salary/Budget: $25/hour based on experience
Location: This is an in-person, online or hybrid
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