The North American Grasslands Alliance: A Framework for Change document lays a strong foundation to bring about the deep changes that are required for a continentally integrated planning and management approach to achieve lasting sustainability of the North American grasslands. It contains foundational principles, objectives and priorities to sustain working landscapes, conserve biodiversity, and support vibrant rural […]
This report summarizes the activities related to the North American Regional Action Plan on Mercury from inception in 1995 until formal close-out in 2010
This report summarizes existing data on mercury in fish tissue from Mexico. This report was commissioned by the CEC to gather information to complement similar data on mercury concentrations in fish from the United States and Canada, in support of the CEC’s objective to use a regional approach to monitoring persistent and bioaccumulating toxics. This […]
The objectives of this report are to estimate the supplies of primary and secondary mercury in Mexico that could be generated from different sources; to assess if extraction of identified mercury reserves would be both economically and technologically feasible; and to analyze the potential for Mexico to become an unintended but significant source of global […]
This report highlights the main activities executed, the achievements made, the lessons learned and recommendations for further progress regarding mercury substitution in hospitals and health care institutions in Mexico from 2007 to 2009. These activities were carried out by the CAATA, HCWH’s chief partner in Mexico, with the support of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation […]
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 […]
Improved comparability of greenhouse gas (GHG) and black carbon inventories will enable the Parties to share results and strengthen capacities, while working towards advancing domestic mitigation objectives,standards, regulations, and policies over the next five years.
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 […]
North American Power Plant Air Emissions builds upon the first-such CEC assessment (published in 2004) that compiled information on emissions of criteria air pollutants, mercury, and carbon dioxide from power plants in North America for the year 2002. For the first time, data on the release of air pollutants from power plants burning fossil fuels were brought together from different national sources, varying greatly in terms of completeness and accessibility, into one format offering comparable information on fossil fuel power plant emissions in North America.
This Strategy for addressing DLCs and HCB provides documentation describing how the three governments will cooperate in implementing their obligations and commitments established in CEC Council Resolutions 95-05, 99-01, 06-09 and 08-06. This Strategy catalyzes current activities by the Parties under their respective domestic programs, as well as commitments, as appropriate, under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and other international agreements.
Human exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and certain toxic metals in our environment is a matter of serious concern because of their potential for causing deleterious effects on our health. An assessment of the degree of pollutant exposure in different sections of the three North American countries is thus of great importance. As women […]
Opportunities to Improve Sound Management of Transboundary Hazardous Waste Shipments in North America
