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Youth Gathering on Climate Resilience | North America 2025
March 20, 2025How to turn ideas into positive climate resilience action? Join us for the Youth Gathering on Climate Resilience, organized by Lift 360, in collaboration with the CEC. During this event, you will be invited to learn from fellow environmental youth leaders across North America and their impactful work across water conservation, circular economy and environmental health.
26 and 27 February, 2025Event
Meeting of the North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Initiative
Topics
Climate Change
Supporting emissions reduction and helping communities adapt to extreme weather events
Environmental Justice
The pursuit of environmental justice (EJ) aims to address historical inequities, marginalization and discrimination in how environmental benefits and burdens are enjoyed or suffered by certain communities.
Ecosystems
Working with communities to conserve and restore North America's terrestrial and marine ecosystems and priority species
Enforcement
Supporting enforcement and compliance with domestic environmental law and with multilateral environmental agreements
Green Growth
Innovative joint approaches to support sustainable economic development, trade and consumption
Pollutants
Promoting clean air, water and land through prevention, reductions, and sound management of pollutant releases, toxic chemicals and hazardous waste
Youth Engagement
Over the years, the CEC has been committed to youth engagement and the efforts supported have provided youth with opportunities to raise awareness, provide tangible, sustainable, and innovative solutions for environmental issues in their communities, and influence CEC’s strategies, projects, and initiatives.
Featured Project
Enhancing Co-benefits of Marine Protected Areas
2021 Active Ecosystems
Featured Publication
State of Knowledge on North American Pollinator Conservation
Shared Priorities for the Region
March 24, 2022 54 pages Ecosystems
Pollinators are crucial to the functioning of natural ecosystems, human well-being and food security. Globally, an estimated 87 percent of plant species depend on animals for pollination, including 75 percent of crop species.
This State of Knowledge, intended for scientists, conservation practitioners and government agencies, offers a summary of the current understanding of pollinator conservation, highlights the ecosystem services supported by pollinators and explores how social sciences and human dimensions can contribute to pollinator conservation in North America. This report identifies priority conservation actions that would benefit from greater regional collaboration and provides recommendations on integrating human dimension considerations in pollinator conservation work.
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Indigenous Affairs Officer
Job Opportunities
Deadline: March 7, 2025
Salary/Budget: From C$130,000 to C$142,000 gross
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Resilience of Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Food Systems in North America
Consultant Opportunities
Deadline: March 17, 2025 5:00pm
Salary/Budget: C$80,000.00 (Canadian dollars)
Location: The consultants will work in their own offices.
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What We Do
We conduct research, provide tools and training, and provide a unique space for decision-makers and the public to engage on environmental policy issues affecting the North American region.