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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
Volunteers Breaking Observation Records to Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation Across North America
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 23 September 2025 — Over the past 15 years, monarch butterfly populations have faced serious challenges, but conservation efforts continue to grow. Canada, Mexico and the United States share a long history of working together to protect monarchs across their migratory range, including through Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) initiatives like the International Monarch Monitoring Blitz. From 25 July to...
September 23, 2025
2025 Youth Engagement Week – Call for Speakers and Facilitators Now Open!
Youth Breaking Silos This year’s theme, “Youth Breaking Silos,” celebrates the intersectional expertise of youth and their role in shaping sustainable futures in North America. The YEW will feature a series of three webinars, each highlighting youth-led initiatives and the organizations that collaborate with and support them. These online webinars will provide a platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing and collaborative learning across...
September 19, 2025
CEC Receives Submission on the Deterioration of the Nazas River Lower Basin in the states of Durango and Coahuila, Mexico
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 3 September 2025 — Yesterday, Prodefensa del Nazas, A.C., an organization based in Mexico, filed a submission under Chapter 24 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The Submitter asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws to protect the Nazas River, particularly its riverbanks and lower basin in the states of Durango and Coahuila....
September 3, 2025
CEC Publishes Factual Record on the Effective Enforcement of Environmental Law Related to Submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita Porpoise)
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 19 August 2025 — On August 18 the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) published the factual record regarding submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita Porpoise) filed on 11 August 2021 by the Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Welfare Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Investigation Agency (“Submitters”), who asserted that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with regard to...
August 19, 2025
Join the CEC in Celebrating Youth Leadership Across North America on International Youth Day
Introducing the CEC’s Youth Engagement Strategy In 2024, the CEC launched its first three-year Youth Engagement Strategy (YES). Building on past efforts, the 2024–2026 strategy identifies challenges and opportunities for meaningful youth engagement across the CEC’s activities, work programs and networking spaces to foster meaningful youth participation, strengthen community capacity and ensure long-term sustainability of engagement approaches. Read the strategy here....
August 12, 2025
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