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Commission for Environmental Cooperation Funds 10 Community Grants for Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic
Montreal, 3 May 2022—Today, the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced 10 community projects chosen under the 2022 North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) grant program. This NAPECA cycle is supporting community-based recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with C$1.5 million in grant funding to support environmental initiatives that help North American communities implement solutions and strengthen...
May 4, 2022
Have Your Say: Public Consultation on CEC Project to Improve Air Quality for Environmental Justice
‘Black carbon,’ or ‘soot’, is an important air contaminant caused by activities such as agricultural burning, domestic wood combustion, and fossil fuel combustion from transportation and industrial activities. In addition to local effects, these emissions can also spread over long distances due to atmospheric transport. Last year during its 2021 Regular Session, the CEC Council committed to launch a new large-scale...
April 28, 2022
CEC Secretariat recommends a factual record on the vaquita porpoise under USMCA/CUSMA Chapter 24
Montreal, 11 April 2022—On 1 April 2022, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recommended developing a factual record to explore factors contributing to the near-extinction the vaquita porpoise–the world's smallest cetacean and rarest marine mammal–in the Gulf of California in Mexico. The recommendation responds to a Submission on Enforcement Matters under Chapter 24 of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) filed by the Center for Biological Diversity,...
April 11, 2022
Last Green Entrepreneur Workshop: 31 March 2022
Join our workshop on Succeeding as a Student with a Green Startup. This session will offer tips, tricks and lessons learned from students that are also entrepreneurs who are balancing their entrepreneurship careers and their studies. The event, hosted by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s EcoInnovation Network and UWaterloo’s Environment @ Entrepreneurship Office, is offered free of charge to entrepreneurs interested in understanding how...
March 28, 2022
$2M in funding awarded to climate and environmental justice projects from Canada, Mexico and the US
Montreal, 24 March 2022 — The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has announced 15 climate-focused projects to receive an Environmental Justice for Climate (‘EJ4Climate’) grant. The CEC’s first USD$2 million EJ4Climate grant program is aimed at supporting efforts made towards environmental justice and climate resilience for communities across North America. The EJ4Climate grant program, launched by U.S. Environmental Protection...
March 24, 2022
Save the Date: Commission for Environmental Cooperation Council Session 14-15 July 2022
Montreal, 17 March 2022—Mark your calendars for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)’s 29th annual Council Session and Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) public forum, to be held 14-15 July 2022. For nearly 30 years, the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States have worked together through the CEC to conserve, protect, and enhance the North American environment. Each year, the CEC...
March 17, 2022
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