JPAC Public Forum on Reaching Horizon 2030: An Environmental Outlook for North American Cooperation
The global community recognizes that we are in a critical decade where meeting 2030 climate and biodiversity goals is essential to keeping global warming within 1.5°C and addressing biodiversity loss. The CEC initiative, Reaching Horizon 2030: An Environmental Outlook for North American Cooperation (H-2030), aims to ensure that the CEC’s strategies, programs and partnerships effectively […]
Impactful Storytelling for Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience
Join the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) for a webinar on the importance and impact of storytelling, offered as part of the activities of the CEC’s Communities for Environmental Justice Network (CEJN) project. This webinar is open to the public and designed for people, communities and organizations interested in better understanding the power of storytelling […]
Workshops on the conservation, restoration and management of blue carbon habitats
As part of the CEC project Enhancing Co-Benefits of Marine Protected Areas, this series of workshops on blue carbon provides a forum for blue carbon experts to exchange information, best practices, case studies, and opportunities related to blue carbon ecosystems as part of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECM) management. […]
COP16 Side Event – Inclusive Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation: From Community Leadership to Governmental Policymaking
Are you attending COP16? Join us for a panel discussion on inclusive approaches for biodiversity conservation. The panel will feature North American and international perspectives and examples of collaborative strategies. Experts from a wide range of sectors will gather to discuss the challenges and opportunities in creating inclusive spaces for policy and action at all […]
Round Table Corporate Stocktake 2030: Emerging Pathways to 1.5, Biodiversity and Inclusivity
This half-day in-person roundtable co-hosted in Montreal on 5 September 2024 by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Montreal Office of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), brought together private sector leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States to discuss emerging trends for […]
SEEM Process in the Context of Environmental Justice
This webinar will provide an overview of the Submissions on Environmental Enforcement Matters processes existing under trade agreements in the Americas region: The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); the Trade Promotion Agreements between the US and Panama; US and Colombia; US and Peru; as well as the Central America-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) Free Trade Agreement. The discussion […]
Advancing supply chain transparency of chemical information in cosmetics and personal care products
The objective of this workshop is to gather insights from key actors and experts’ on the drivers, barriers and practices relative to the disclosure of chemical content information within the cosmetics/Personal care sector and its supply chain across Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Advancing supply chain transparency of chemical information in electronic consumer products
The objective of this workshop is to gather insights from key actors and experts’ on the drivers, barriers and practices relative to the disclosure of chemical content information within the electronics sector and its supply chain across Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
The CEC and its Public and Community Engagement Mechanisms
Join the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) for an introductory webinar on the CEC and its mechanisms for public participation, community engagement and transparency. Offered as part of the Communities for Environmental Justice Network (CEJN) project, this webinar is open to members of the public interested in a general overview of the organization and its […]
#CEC31: 31st Annual Council Session and JPAC Public Forum
Mark your calendar for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) 31st annual Council Session and Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) Public Forum, to be held 24–26 June 2024 in Wilmington, North Carolina under the theme “Strengthening Environmental Justice through Community Empowerment.” #CEC31 will bring together North America’s top environmental officials and the public-at-large to learn […]
Food Waste Prevention Week Webinars
Join the CEC and its partners in discussing how to empower educators, students and youth in their schools, homes and communities to help drive local action and raise awareness about why reducing food waste is so important! During Food Waste Prevention Week 2024 (April 1-7), learn about the CEC’s work on food loss and waste […]
Roundtable on North American TEK Principles
This one-day in-person roundtable held at the CEC headquarters in Montreal, brings together the CEC’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge Experts Group members, as well as select external Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous rights experts, to discuss essential considerations that should be taken into account and employed when working with Indigenous Peoples, including (but not limited […]