On 29 November 2011, the Comité Pro-Mejoras de la Ribera Cahuaré (the” Submitter”) filed a submission with the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in accordance with Article 14(1) of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in connection with […]
Factual Record on Submission SEM-04-005 (Coal-fired Power Plants)
On 30 August 2005, the Academia Sonorense de Derechos Humanos and Domingo Gutiérrez Mendívil (the “Submitters”) filed a submission with the CEC Secretariat in accordance with Article 14(1) of the NAAEC (the “Submission”). In submission SEM-05-003 (Environmental Pollution in Hermosillo II), the Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to the prevention and control of air pollution in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora.
This document summarizes the analysis and findings of a report developed for policy makers regarding work undertaken by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in support of the United Nations-Coordinated Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). Specifically, it measures how the CEC’s work on chemicals management has helped achieve progress against SAICM indicators. This […]
This report is an independent assessment by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) on the environmental hazards associated with the increase in spent lead-acid battery (SLAB) exports to Mexico, as well as the more general environmental management of the battery recycling sector in Mexico. It considers the implications of this trade relative […]
This booklet contains the Guidelines for Submissions on Enforcement Matters created originally to implement the process under North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.
Contains: Factual Record for Submission SEM-03-003 (Lake Chapala II)
Submissions on Enforcement Matters: Factual Record regarding Submission SEM-04-007 (Quebec Automobiles)
The sixteen projects summarized in this booklet are a reflection of the vision and priorities of theCECCouncil and represent a renewed commitment to environmental cooperation among Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Climate change, along with pollution and overfishing, is one of the great challenges facing North America’s shared oceans today. Through the project Engaging Communities to Conserve Marine Biodiversity through NAMPAN (North American Marine Protected Areas Network) the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) gathered scientific information on the impact of climate change on marine protected area […]
Opportunities to Improve Sound Management of Transboundary Hazardous Waste Shipments in North America
NAPECA is intended to support a flexible and diverse set of project types that will improve access to resources provided by the Parties through the CEC for smaller, more hands-on organizations and that build partnerships at the community level to support healthy communities and ecosystems, encourage climate change activities through the transition to a low-carbon […]
