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CEC Secretariat Recommends Preparation of First Factual Record Under New United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, on Loggerhead Turtle Protection
Montreal, 5 August 2021—On 27 July 2021, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation recommended that the CEC Council vote to develop a factual record regarding the Loggerhead Turtle submission. In submission SEM-20-001 (Loggerhead Turtle), the Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws regarding conservation of the loggerhead turtle along the Pacific coastline of Mexico. The Loggerhead Turtle submission, filed by the...
August 6, 2021
Joint Public Advisory Committee Submits Advice to Council of North America’s Environment Ministers
The Advice Results from JPAC’s Public Consultation on the CEC’s Five New Trilateral Projects Montreal, 20 July 2021—The Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) has submitted new advice to the CEC Council, stemming from an online public consultation in May and June 2021 on the CEC’s five new trilateral projects. “The advice that JPAC submitted to the CEC Council...
July 20, 2021
Celebrate the 5th International Monarch Monitoring Blitz by Participating All Across North America!
Montreal, 9 July 2021—In the last four editions of the year’s annual International Monarch Monitoring Blitz (the Blitz), thousands of volunteers in Canada, Mexico and the United States joined efforts to gather over 4,000 observations of monarchs and milkweeds! Let's continue this remarkable effort and share as many observations as we can from July 23 to August 1, 2021. For 10 days,...
July 9, 2021
CEC Council, the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States, to meet September 9-10, 2021, in Wilmington, North Carolina
Montreal, 15 June 2021—Mark your calendars for the annual Council Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) on September 10 and the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) public forum on September 9, 2021. For the past twenty-eight years, the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States have worked together through the CEC to conserve, protect, and enhance the North American...
June 15, 2021
CEC Council, the environment ministers of Canada, Mexico and the United States, to meet September 9-10, 2021, in Wilmington, North Carolina
Montreal, 15 June 2021—Mark your calendars for the annual Council Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) on September 10 and the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) public forum on September 9, 2021. For the past twenty-eight years, the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States have worked together through the CEC to conserve, protect, and enhance the North American...
June 15, 2021
Commission for Environmental Cooperation Launches 2021 Youth Innovation Challenge
Montreal, 5 June 2021—Today, North America’s top environmental officials, who represent Canada, Mexico, and the United States on the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), are launching the “2021 Youth Innovation Challenge,” which asks youth and young adults ages 18–30 to share innovative solutions for promoting climate and environmental justice to build resilient communities and ensure equitable access to...
June 5, 2021
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