Mexico and Emerging Carbon Markets
The purpose of this report is to identify potential investment opportunities arising from possible carbon offset projects in Mexico.
From Principles to Practice
Tourism is currently the world’s largest industry and also one of the fastest growing. The travel and tourism economy in North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States) represented 11.6 percent of total GDP, 12 percent of total employment and 10 percent of total capital investments in 2000. Most of this tourist activity is what is known as “mass” or “conventional” tourism, which for the most part pays little heed to its impacts on host environments and cultures. Some of the environmental effects of “mass” or “conventional” tourism include, for example, air pollution from increased transportation, loss of habitat and biodiversity from construction of tourist facilities and infrastructure, and increased solid waste and sewage from visiting tourists.
Environmental Challenges and Opportunities of the Evolving North American Electricity Market
The purpose of this paper is to identify some key issues pertaining to the changing electricity sector and the environment. It has been prepared by the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). Given the breadth and complexity of issues related to electricity and the environment, this working paper highlights some of the main […]
Sustainable Coffee Survey of the North American Specialty Coffee Industry
As the coffee industry experiences some of the lowest green bean prices of the past hundred years (in real terms), high-quality and niche coffees are among the few receiving a more substantial emuneration. Organic, Shade, and Fair Trade coffees—collectively known as sustainable coffees—fill a market niche that is often rewarded with a premium price and […]
North American Trade and Transportation Corridors
Trade between Canada, the United States and Mexico has grown rapidly since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Naturally, the increase in trade-related transport activity has influenced the environmental consequences in trade corridors.
Priorities for Reinforcing Environmental Management Capacities in Mexico
For the purpose of obtaining more and better information on Mexico’s capacity building needs in relation to environmental issues, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) conducted the study “Priorities for Capacity Building in Environmental Management in Mexico, in Support of the North American Agreement for Environmental Cooperation.”
Booming Economies, Silencing Environments and the Paths to Our Future
Today, more people, commodities and products, more ideas and images, more genes and microbes, will move around the planet than at any other time in human history.
Finca Santa Elena
A growing number of consumers wish to purchase organically and sustainably produced goods like shade coffee. In fact, certified organic shade coffee is the next big thing for the socially conscientious consumer. This high-quality premium coffee costs the buyer, and ultimately the customer, more because more direct benefits are given back to the workers, and the ecosystem in which the coffee is grown.
North American Trade and Transportation Corridors
Trade between Canada, the United States and Mexico has grown rapidly since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This study examines the environmental impacts of that trade on five bi-national segments of three primary NAFTA trade corridors, with a particular focus on air pollution emissions. The corridor segments selected for the […]
Debate on Reform of the Electricity Sector in Mexico
Like many other countries, Mexico is embroiled in an intense process of discussion to carry out a reform of its electric sector. The purpose of the exercise is to allow increasing participation of the private sector in the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical power.
Improving Environmental Performance and Compliance
In recent years the private sector has developed various types of environmental management systems (EMSs) for identifying and managing the impacts that commercial and industrial operations have on the environment. These systems primarily serve internal management purposes; however, when designed and implemented to realize their full potential, they offer opportunities for enhancing environmental protection in […]