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#CEC31: 31st Annual Council Session and JPAC Public Forum
From 24 to 26 June 2024Mark your calendar for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) 31st annual Council Session and Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) Public Forum, to be held 24–26 June 2024 in Wilmington, North Carolina under the theme “Strengthening Environmental Justice through Community Empowerment.”
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Climate Change
Supporting emissions reduction and helping communities adapt to extreme weather events
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
Featured Project
Reduction of Marine Litter
2021 Active Ecosystems
Marine litter is a growing problem that negatively affects economies, threatens ecosystems, and poses a potential risk to human health. It is estimated that 80% of marine litter originates from land-based sources, often due to the improper disposal of items or uncollected waste that becomes litter and travels through watersheds to the oceans....
Featured Publication
State of Knowledge on North American Pollinator Conservation
Shared Priorities for the Region
January 7, 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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