Destination Sustainability
Transportation is second only to electricity generation as a source of greenhouse gas (gHg) emissions and freight transportation is the fastest rising component in that category. While emissions from passenger vehicles grew by 33% between 1990 and 2008, freight- related emissions grew by 74%.
Destination Sustainability
This report describes the steps needed to enhance environmental sustainability in freight transportation among Canada, Mexico and the United States. It was also prepared to stress the important link between environmental sustainability and an efficient, competitive, and secure freight transportation system throughout North America.
Greening North American Transportation Corridors
The Texas Transportation Institute developed this study for the CEC to create an approach by which the air quality implications of major freight corridors can be studied, with a view to reducing environmental impacts.
Mapping our Shared Environment
This portfolio features a selection of maps that illustrate the unique and harmonized geographic information contained in the North American Environmental Atlas. Each of the 13 maps presented here is accompanied by a series of examples showing how other users have applied data from the map layers to analyze or synthesize environmental information. These examples […]
North American Environmental Outlook to 2030
This report summarizes recent research concerning the major forces and underlying trends that are likely to shape the environment of North America in 2030. The intention of this report is not to present a prediction of the future. Rather, it is to consider the possibilities that the future might hold in light of the environmental […]
Facts and Figures on North American Freight Transportation
Background information developed as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Secretariat’s latest independent study under Article 13 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.
Renewable Energy Training Resources
This report describes the results of a scoping process to identify, document and analyze renewable energy training capacities in North America for those parties involved in the design, procurement, installation, inspection, and operation and maintenance of both small and large wind, photovoltaic, and solar water heating systems.
Best Energy Management Practices
This brochure provides a snapshot of a CEC-sponsored study on best practices in energy use and supply in North American municipalities. The research began with a detailed scan of municipal energy initiatives in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, covering renewable energy generation, energy efficiency and energy-related procurement.
Guide to Developing a Community Renewable Energy Project in North America
This Guide is meant to assist community and indigenous communities groups in the development of their own small scale renewable energy projects.
Sustainability and Freight Transportation in North America
This study was carried out by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) on behalf of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). This report is the “Foundation Paper” section of a larger report by the CEC under Article 13 “Towards Sustainable Freight Transportation in North America.” The objective of the Foundation Paper was to provide the basic […]
North American Environmental Atlas
At first glance, the maps in the North American Environmental Atlas look no different from maps found on walls across the continent. These maps are unique, however, in that they harmonize geographic information across North America’s political boundaries to depict significant environmental issues at a continental scale.
Chemicals Management in the Electronics Sector
At the 2008 Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) stakeholder meeting in Tucson, Arizona, stakeholders expressed an interest in chemicals management in the electronic and electrical equipment (EEE) sector. Knowing that the CEC’s Trade and Environment Program was already looking at this issue through their Clean Electronics Pollution Prevention Partnership (CEP3), the SMOC Working Group (WG) […]