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Joint Public Advisory Committee

Joint Public Advisory Committee

The Joint Public Advisory Committee is composed of nine citizens, three from each country (Canada, Mexico and the United States). Together, they advise the Council on a wide array of environmental issues within the scope of the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation.

Rules of Procedure
Speaker presenting findings before the Joint Public Advisory Committee

Members

JPAC Member - Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin

Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin

Chief executive officer for Nukik Corporation

 
JPAC Member - Louie Porta

Louie Porta

Executive Director of Oceans North

 
JPAC Member - Elizabeth Whitsitt

Elizabeth Whitsitt

Associate Professor at University of Calgary

 
TEK Member - Cessia Esther Chuc Uc

Cessia Esther Chuc Uc

 
JPAC member - Luis Alfonso Argüelles

Luis Alfonso Argüelles Suárez

Mexico’s representative on the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

 
JPAC Chair for 2024

Esteban Escamilla Prado

Research professor at the Eastern University Regional Center (CRUO)

JPAC Chair for 2024

 
JPAC member - Felicia Marcus

Felicia Marcus

William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow, Stanford University

 
JPAC Member - Chair for 2023

Octaviana V. Trujillo

Professor at Northern Arizona University

 
JPAC Member: Bob Varney

Robert W. Varney

President of Normandeau Associates

 

Advice to Council

To inform its recommendations, JPAC engages the public in open forums that bring together experts on North America’s most pressing environmental issues. JPAC subsequently submits its recommendations to Council in the form of an Advice.

Latest Advice to Council
Biocultural Heritage Protection

Featured Public Consultation

Have Your Say: Public Consultation on the CEC’s Community-Led Environmental Education Initiative for Biocultural Heritage Protection

Deadline: March 25, 2024

The CEC invites individuals, communities, experts, and organizations involved in community and youth-led environmental work, as well as ecosystem conservation and climate change education to share their knowledge and opinion on the CEC’s environmental education initiative. The goal of this initiative is to develop and pilot an Environmental Education Framework that considers diverse knowledge systems to support efforts of vulnerable communities to tackle local environmental challenges and take positive climate action. Through this Framework we aim to support and advance community-led conservation and climate action work across Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Public Engagement and Transparency

Response to Advice 23-02

Response from Council
September 22, 2023

Advice to Council 23-02

2023 JPAC Annual Plan of Activities

JPAC Annual Plan of Activities
February 27, 2023

JPAC Summary Record 22-02

Summary Record (JPAC)
February 22, 2023

“Moving the needle toward industry decarbonization”

JPAC Summary Record 22-01

Summary Record (JPAC)
February 14, 2023

“Stories and lessons learned from North American communities and youth”