From the Farm to the Table
What is the impact of the North American food processing system on the environment? This study examines that issue, employing the analytical framework developed at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. By looking at the entire industry value chain, this framework enables the researcher to develop a broad understanding of the linkages among the economy, trade […]
Identifying Environmentally Preferable Uses for Biomass Resources
This report presents the results of the Stage 2 research carried out to determine “Environmentally Preferable Uses of Biomass”. Stage 1 identified existing and emerging technologies and pathways to transform various biomass feedstocks into an energy or nonenergy product. Each pathway is called a “thread” in this study. This updated version includes corrections suggested by […]
An Examination of Trade in Environmental Goods and Services in the NAFTA Region
The CEC conducts policy and research work on environmental goods and services (EGS) in eleven different activities. One specific activity is to “Identify changes/trends in trade in green goods and services in the NAFTA region.”
Maize and Biodiversity
This report comprises key findings and recommendations to the CEC Council concerning maize and genetic diversity in Mexico. The context, mandate, process, and guiding framework for arriving at these conclusions are outlined below. A glossary of technical terms is also attached.
Silence Is Golden, Leaden and Copper
Building on a decade of work by UNEP and OECD, among others, the CEC’s work on finance and the environment focuses on exploring established and innovative ways of involving the financial service sector in the environmental agenda. Such involvement takes various forms. It can include greater awareness among credit-risk managers about environment risks and liabilities, interest among investors about opportunities in the environmental area, and more specific project finance opportunities involving the environment.
Linking Environmental Performance to Business Value
This report communicates the findings of a study undertaken to review and analyze international research examining the linkages between environmental performance and business performance, with an emphasis on the North American context.
Payments for Environmental Services
As part of its Environment, Economy, and Trade program, the CEC has explored in recent years new avenues for trade in environmental goods and services with the objective of informing the North American public on opportunities to green trade in North America. In 2003, it published a document, entitled Market-based Mechanisms for Carbon Sequestration, Energy […]
Moving Forward With Pollution Prevention in North America
In 2002, the three North American pollution prevention round tables formed the North American Pollution Prevention Partnership (NAP3), in association with the Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The mission of the NAP3 is to collaborate on pollution prevention policy development, capacity building, stakeholder involvement and environmental leadership, through a unified and coordinated effort.
Ten Years of North American Environmental Cooperation
In 2004, an independent Ten-Year Review and Assessment Committee (TRAC) undertook an examination of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation. TRAC produced a report that reviewed the implementation of the NAAEC and provided an assessment of the impacts of the various programs of the CEC.
North American Renewable Energy Database: NARED
The North American Renewable Energy Database presents summary data on a state, province or territory level, disaggregated by type of renewable energy source and technology, and by development status.
Closing the Pathways of Aquatic Invasive Species Across North America
This paper provides an overview of the status and trends of invasive alien species and their pathways of invasion into the marine and freshwater systems of North America.
Identifying Environmentally Preferable Uses for Biomass Resources
This Phase 1 report builds on past studies to summarize the size of Canada’s major biomass resources (forestry, agricultural, and municipal residues, landfill gas and energy crops) and for each sector identifies a number of possibilities and technologies that could be applied to this resource for energy and other potential commercial purposes.