Analytic Framework for Assessing the Environmental Effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) [Article10(6)(d)], directs the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), to consider on an ongoing basis the environmental effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A NAFTA Effects Project Team was assembled to assist the CEC in designing a methodology to fulfill this mandate. The following Analytic […]
Voluntary Measures to Ensure Environmental Compliance
In North America, we share vital natural resources, including air, oceans and rivers, mountains and forests. Together, these natural resources are the basis of a rich network of ecosystems, which sustain our livelihoods and well-being. If they are to continue being a source of future life and prosperity, these resources must be protected. This stewardship […]
NAFTA’s Institutions
This study of the environmental potential and performance of the institutions created by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) represents a substantive contribution to Phase II of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s NAFTA Effects Project.
The Demand for Environmental Education and Training in Mexico
The development of environmental education and training programs in North America is a priority for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and is an important part of its overall objective to encourage regional cooperation and public participation in conservation and environmental protection in North America.
Dispute Avoidance
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Environment and Trade Series is designed to deepen our understanding of environment and trade linkages in the context of North American trade liberalization.
Building a Framework for Assessing NAFTA Environmental Effects
makes available in one publication the presentations and supporting documents from the CEC’s first public meeting of its NAFTA Effects Project. In addition to presenting original research from top experts in Mexico, the United States and Canada, the La Jolla workshop report includes a summary of the workshop and valuable contact information.
NAFTA Effects
This report reviews current theoretical understandings about the impact of trade, trade liberalization and trade agreements on the environment, and the state of knowledge about modelling the environmental effects of trade.
NAFTA Effects
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s Environment and Trade Series is designed to deepen our understanding of environment and trade linkages in the context of North American trade liberalization.
Assessing Latin American Markets for North American Environmental Goods and Services
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) report, Assessing Latin American Markets for North American Environmental Goods and Services features such critical information as what makes multinational or North American partnerships successful, where markets are expanding, and where Mexico has been successful in developing clean technologies and adapting proven technologies from the US and Canada for […]
Status of Pollution Prevention in North America
As environmental protection becomes increasingly more sophisticated, companies and governments in North America are moving away from traditional “end-of-pipe” pollution control methods in favor of changes to production that eliminate or reduce waste and pollution from the outset.