North American Regional Action Plan on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
The NARAP on environmental monitoring and assessment provides a framework for a regional-scale strategy (based on geographic/climatic regions) for monitoring and assessing persistent toxic substances in the North American environment.
Taking Stock 1999
Has North America made progress in reducing industrial releases of chemicals in the five years from 1995 to 1999? How many tonnes of carcinogens are released to air, water and land each year, and what are the trends in these releases? Have the agreements and regulations on chemicals that deplete that ozone layer had any effect on releases of those substances? Information to help answer these questions can be drawn from pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs), which provide detailed information on the types, locations and amounts of chemicals released or transferred by facilities.
Taking Stock 1999
Has North America made progress in reducing industrial releases of chemicals in the five years from 1995 to 1999? How many tonnes of carcinogens are released to air, water and land each year, and what are the trends in these releases? Have the agreements and regulations on chemicals that deplete that ozone layer had any […]
Making the Environment Healthier for Our Kids
An Overview of Environmental Challenges to the Health of North America’s Children
Environmental Disclosure Requirements in the Securities Regulations and Financial Accounting Standards of Canada, Mexico and the United States
Disclosure of financially material information is essential for the protection of investors against fraud and for the efficient functioning of financial markets. It is widely accepted as a fundamental principle of capital market governance that investors must have access to all relevant information in order to make rational decisions about buying, selling, or holding securities. Incomplete or asymmetric access to material information can easily lead to the mis-pricing of securities in financial markets. Moreover, lack of disclosure can conceal financial manipulation and misconduct.
The Environmental Effects of Free Trade
Among the key issues shaping the free trade and economic globalization debate is the question of how trade liberalization affects environmental quality, either in terms of direct effects on our environment, or indirectly, for instance, the effects that such trade laws as those codified in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have on hard-fought national environmental standards and regulations.
Diagnóstico situacional del uso del DDT y el control de la Malaria
El presente reporte integra los resultados de los informes de ocho países (Belice, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua y Panamá) quienes realizaron un diagnóstico situacional del uso del DDT y el control de Malaria en el periodo de Septiembre 2000 a Marzo 2001, mediante una guía de trabajo diseñada ex profeso y […]
The North American Mosaic
The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of thestate of the environment in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Mexico and Emerging Carbon Markets
The purpose of this report is to identify potential investment opportunities arising from possible carbon offset projects in Mexico.
Strategic Directions for the Conservation of Biodiversity Regional Approach
In 1997, the Council of the CEC initiated a review of the North American Agreement for Environmental Cooperation and the effectiveness of the Commission in its implementation of the agreement. As a result of this review, the Council decided that a strategic approach and a more narrow focus were needed. Subsequently, a project to define […]
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 […]