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Save the Date for CEC’s Council Session and JPAC Public Forum (#CEC32) To Be Held On 24–25 July 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico

Each year, the CEC Council Session brings together the top environmental officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States to discuss regional environmental priorities and engage with the public. On 25 July, Secretary Alicia Bárcena of Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) will host her counterparts from Canada and the United States for these critical discussions. On 24...

April 3, 2025

From Waste to Wellness: Don’t Miss the CEC and Partners Food Waste Prevention Week Webinar!

The disposal of food waste in landfills produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas many times more potent than carbon dioxide. Food loss and waste also have environmental and socio-economic impacts, including economic and biodiversity loss, as well as public health issues. Preventing food from becoming waste in the first place is one of the most impactful actions we can all...

March 27, 2025

World Water Day 2025: CEC Launches New Portal on Indigenous Approaches to Freshwater Management in North America

On this World Water Day 2025, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is proud to launch a new portal on Indigenous Approaches to Freshwater Management in North America. By bringing together insights, testimonies and knowledge, this portal documents diverse Indigenous approaches, challenges and relationships to freshwater, and provides recommendations to decision-makers on how to better consider and respect Indigenous rights and...

March 21, 2025

On 25 March, join our open session: Barriers and Opportunities to Support Indigenous-Owned Businesses and Sustainable Trade from Coast to Coast to Coast

Join the McGill Bieler School of Environment (BSE) and the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), for an online Open Session, organized in collaboration with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Expert Group (TEKEG), on supporting Indigenous-owned businesses and sustainable trade across North America! Hosted as part of the private Roundtable on Sustainable Trade in North America: Indigenous Perspectives, this session—open to...

March 17, 2025

CEC Celebrates Open Data Day with new publication from its North American Land Change Monitoring System

This initiative is a collaboration between the CEC and the Governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States, along with their respective mapping agencies, to monitor land cover, the physical surface of the Earth, and its changes over time. Open Data Day is a global celebration that promotes awareness and use of open and publicly accessible data for everyone. Join...

March 4, 2025

Join Us for the North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Initiative Meeting!

This meeting will bring together representatives of the national PRTR programs—and from other government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, industry, academia, and the public—to exchange information and ideas about pollution reporting, sustainable industry, and access to environmental information across North America. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from and exchange with PRTR program representatives about activities and progress relative to reporting...

February 13, 2025