In the Spotlight
Save the Date! Join the 2025 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz: 25 July to 3 August
Mark your calendars! The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz returns for its ninth edition, from 25 July to 3 August 2025. This annual event invites individuals and organizations across Canada, Mexico and the United States to participate in a trinational effort to collect data on monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and milkweed plants (Asclepias spp.), essential for the species' survival.
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
Sustainable Living and Economies
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
Opportunities for Circularity in the North American Electronics Sector: Phase 1
2022 Active Sustainable Living and Economies
Featured Publication
Guidance for Completing CITES Non-Detriment Findings for Timber Produced via Assisted Production in Mexico
July 17, 2024 35 pages Enforcement
The guide on completing non-detriment findings (NDFs) for exports of wood from CITES-listed tree species in Mexico provides key and relevant information for anyone involved or interested in environmental management and conservation, particularly those working on the management schemes and the process of conducting NDFs for trees artificially propagated, produced under natural conditions, or harvested from small-scale production on non-forestry lands.
Work With Us
Co-development of a Youth Education Framework to Address Environmental Challenges Through Knowledge Dialogue and Community Participation
Consultant Opportunities
Deadline: July 9, 2025 5:00pm (Extended)
Salary/Budget: C$ 700,000
Location: The consultant 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.