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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
Grasslands Conservation and Migratory Birds
2021 Active Ecosystems
The central grasslands of the Great Plains are a shared ecosystem stretching from southern Canada, through the United States, to northern Mexico. These grasslands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America, home to many endemic grassland-dependent species that are at-risk, threatened, or endangered. The central grasslands also...
Featured Publication
LOS TROMPOS restaurants, tacos and specialties
United for efficiency and sustainability
January 12, 2022 5 pages Green Growth
Reaffirming its commitment to society, the environment, and the economy, the Los Trompos restaurant chain is working to improve the efficiency of its processes and make them more sustainable. The company, in line with its institutional values and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)1 of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations, has adopted as its corporate objective that of taking steps and initiatives geared toward reducing food loss and waste (FLW), establishing processes and policies for more sustainable kitchen operating practices by means of networked activities among their outlets.
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