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Youth Engagement Week 2025: Youth Breaking Silos
Themed “Youth Breaking Silos,” the 2025 Youth Engagement Week (YEW) invites youth from across Canada, Mexico and the United States to join a dynamic series of webinars designed to amplify youth voices, foster intergenerational collaboration and promote solutions to environmental challenges. This year’s theme celebrates youth’s intersectional and intergenerational expertise and their contributions in North America. Through interactive sessions, youth leaders and organizations...
November 13, 2025
Regenerating North America’s Future: Join the JPAC Public Forum on 2 December 2025
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 5 November 2025— The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and its Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) are pleased to invite all interested individuals and groups to participate in the next JPAC Public Forum, in person and online, on 2 December in Montreal, Canada, to discuss “Regenerating North America’s Future.” Persistent environmental pollutants—including pesticides, forever chemicals (PFAS) and microplastics—and their effects will be discussed as we explore...
November 5, 2025
Announcing the Latest Recommendations to the CEC Council on the Horizon 2030 Initiative and on Sustainable Economies
Following an online public consultation and the Public Forum held in Mexico City, Mexico, on 4–5 December 2024, the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) submitted an Advice to the CEC Council on the implementation of the CEC’s “Reaching Horizon 2030” (H-2030) initiative.
October 30, 2025
NAPECA Grant Program: C$1.3 Million for Community-based Circular Economy Strategies to Improve Local Well-being and the Environment
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 21 October 2025 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is calling for applications for the new cycle of the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grant program. Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the NAPECA program invites proposals from organizations that want to implement community-based circular economy initiatives and strategies to improve local well-being and the environment in...
October 21, 2025
CEC EJ4Climate Grant Program Awards Nearly C$2 million for 12 North American Community-led Projects
We are thrilled to announce the 12 projects selected to receive up to C$175,000 under the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) EJ4Climate Grant Program to support community-led education programs to increase environmental justice and climate adaptation knowledge. The EJ4Climate Grant Program, launched in 2021, provides funding directly to community-based organizations in Canada, Mexico and the United States for projects that target underserved and vulnerable communities...
October 1, 2025
Join Our Building Community Resilience in North America Webinar Series!
Join the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, experts and community leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States, for a three-part webinar series to discuss pressing environmental challenges in the region! Communities across North America are facing increasingly complex environmental challenges that demand collective understanding and action. From the far-reaching impacts of wildfires and the toxic compounds they release, to the...
September 24, 2025
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