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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
Scoping Project on a North American Center for Informed Substitution
2023 Active Pollutants
Featured Publication
Submissions on Enforcement Matters: What Have We Learned?
A Retrospective Review of Performance
July 17, 2024 99 pages Enforcement
This report assesses the performance and impact of the Submissions on Enforcement Matters (SEM) process from 1994 through 2021. The SEM process allows persons and nongovernmental organizations to file submissions with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation asserting that Canada, the United States of America, or Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws and provides procedures for developing information concerning the asserted enforcement matters. The SEM process operated under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) from 1994 to June 2020 and now operates under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA) since July 2020. This report considers the objectives of the SEM process, its legal foundations, its implementation over time, and its results. The report considers the role of the process in promoting transparency, accountability, and public participation, as well as whether it has met its expected environmental objectives.
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.