In the Spotlight
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.
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
Featured Project
Transitioning Remote Communities to Renewable Energy
2022 Active Climate Change
Featured Publication
Loggerhead Turtle
Factual Record Regarding Submission SEM-20-001
June 20, 2023 148 pages Enforcement
On 17 December 2020, the organizations Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (Cemda) and US-based Center for Biological Diversity (hereinafter, “the Submitters”) filed a submission with the Secretariat in accordance with USMCA/CUSMA Article 24.27(1). The Submitters assert that Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental law in relation to the protection and conservation of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), an endangered species whose conservation is a priority according to the environmental law cited in the submission.
Work With Us
Study on the Management of Paper, Plastic and Bioplastic Postconsumer Waste and Secondary Markets in Mexico
Consultant Opportunities
Deadline: July 29, 2024 12:00pm
Salary/Budget: The maximum budget for this activity is C$100,000 (one hundred thousand Canadian Dollars), including professional fees and expenses.
Location: The consultant will work in his or her own offices.
Reaching Horizon 2030: an Environmental Outlook for North American Cooperation
Consultant Opportunities
Deadline: August 12, 2024 5:00pm
Salary/Budget: The budget for this activity will not exceed C$100,000 (Canadian dollars).
Location: The Consultant will work in their own offices.
Guide for Practitioners on when and how to apply theories of behavioral change in practice, within public-facing interventions to reduce Food Waste
Consultant Opportunities
Deadline: August 15, 2024 6:00pm
Salary/Budget: The maximum budget for this activity is expected to be C$175,000 (one hundred seventy five thousand Canadian dollars).
Location: The consultant will work in its 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.