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International Youth Day 2024: YIC & CEC Youth Engagement
Happy International Youth Day! Since 2010, the international community has celebrated 12 August as a day to bring youth issues to the forefront and celebrate the potential of youth as critical partners in addressing today’s challenges. Join us today in celebrating youth, whose bold solutions, expertise and ideas have made and continue to make an impact in our trinational work and...
August 12, 2024
Join the CEC in Commemorating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2024
Today, 9 August, is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, a day to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and vibrance of Indigenous Peoples across the world, while also reflecting on histories of colonial oppression and support ongoing efforts to address injustices. This year’s United Nations theme underlines the importance of protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and...
August 9, 2024
Members of the CEC Council authorize the development of a factual record on the effective enforcement of environmental law regarding submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita porpoise)
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 10 July 2024 — The members of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), in Council Resolution 24-02, unanimously decided to instruct the CEC Secretariat to develop a factual record regarding submission SEM-21-002 (Vaquita porpoise). The submission asserts that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce the General Wildlife Act and its regulations as well as various federal environmental orders,...
July 10, 2024
Help Raise Awareness and Support Monarch Butterfly Conservation: Join the 2024 Monarch Blitz, 26 July–4 August!
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 9 July 2024 —The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is back for its eighth edition from 26 July to 4 August 2024! The Blitz provides a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations in Canada, Mexico and the United States to join forces across international borders to safeguard this iconic North American species. Since monarch butterflies and milkweed populations cover...
July 9, 2024
Vessel Pollution in Pacific Canada: CEC Secretariat Recommends Factual Record under USMCA / CUSMA Chapter 24
Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), 2 July 2024—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has just notified the CEC Council, North America’s top environmental officials, and the USMCA/CUSMA Environment Committee, that it recommends developing a factual record to explore the effective enforcement of environmental laws regarding the discharge of wastewater from exhaust gas cleaning systems on vessels off the Pacific Coast of Canada. The recommendation...
July 2, 2024
2024 CEC Council Statement: Strengthening Environmental Justice and Empowering Communities
Wilmington, North Carolina, 26 June 2024 —For the past 30 years, the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States have worked together through the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) to advance solutions for the most crucial environmental challenges facing North America. We met today for the annual Regular Session in Wilmington, North Carolina, under the theme: “Strengthening Environmental Justice...
June 26, 2024
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