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Small Actions, Big Impact: Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation by Sharing Your Observations!
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 9 July 2025 — The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz returns for its ninth edition from 25 July to 3 August 2025, inviting individuals and organizations across Canada, Mexico and the United States to come together in a unique cross-border effort to protect one of North America's most iconic species: the monarch butterfly. Given the vast range of monarch butterflies and their host plant, milkweed, the contribution...
July 9, 2025
CEC Announces Second Cohort of Generation of Environmental Leaders Program (GELP)
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 3 July 2025 — The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is thrilled to announce the second cohort of the Generation of Environmental Leaders Program (GELP)! The 2025 GELP cohort comprises three teams, one each from Canada, Mexico and the United States, selected for their creative and impactful solutions to support North American communities and preserve our shared waters, lands and air....
July 3, 2025
On 8 July, Join Our Webinar, What Businesses Need to Know: Circular Economy for a Sustainable Future in North America
Mark your calendar and join the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) and experts from across North America for an insightful conversation on how Circular Economy can drive innovation, efficiency and sustainable growth for your business! Our conventional models of living, producing and consuming, are placing an unsustainable strain on our planet. A thriving future demands that businesses must transition toward regenerative systems...
June 27, 2025
CEC and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Team Up to Advance the Circular Economy of Electronics in North America
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a global leader in accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy. The Foundation works with businesses, policymakers and other key actors to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate nature. Addressing the Fastest-Growing Waste Stream Electronics are one of the world’s fastest-growing waste...
June 18, 2025
Save the Date! Join the 2025 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz: 25 July to 3 August
Mark your calendars! The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz returns for its ninth edition, from 25 July to 3 August 2025. This annual event invites individuals and organizations across Canada, Mexico and the United States to participate in a trinational effort to collect data on monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and milkweed plants (Asclepias spp.), essential for the species' survival. Organized by ten partner organizations across...
June 11, 2025
World Environment Day 2025: Join Us to Beat Plastic Pollution!
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is thrilled to partner once again with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) North America and the University of Toronto Trash Team (U of T Trash Team) to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) 2025! This year’s theme—“Ending global plastic pollution”—calls for collective action to address the urgent issue of plastic pollution, ahead of the upcoming Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee session (INC-5.2)...
June 5, 2025
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