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Plan de acción regional de América del Norte sobre mercurio: Fase II

Description: The purpose of the North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Mercury is to provide the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States with a path forward in their joint and differentiated efforts to reduce the exposure of North American ecosystems, fish and wildlife, and especially humans, to mercury through the prevention and reduction of anthropogenic releases of mercury to the North American environment.
Date: March 16, 2000
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inversión privada en el sector eléctrico de México (selección de tecnología y energéticos)

Description: This paper is supplementary to a report produced recently for the CEC on private-sector investment in Mexico's electricity sector. Based on the official information of the Mexican power sector authorities, and in particular the register of permits issued by the Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Energía - CRE) for electricity production, an overview is provided here of the characteristics and status of permits issued to generation facilities, the amounts and sources of the cor… more
Date: June 16, 2003
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Inversión privada en el sector eléctrico de México

Description: This report contains an update on Mexico's electricity sector, specially on its current and projected installed capacity and generation requirements including capital; the market share of private capitals in the national generating pool and the rate of investment flows into the country's power industry. Also, international trade patterns in electricity are discussed and the relationship between private investment in the planned exports of electricity.
Date: June 16, 2003
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Proyectos de la CCA en materia de pastizales. Evaluación de beneficios ambientales (2011–2015)

Description: The North American grasslands are the only shared, contiguous terrestrial ecoregion extending across the three countries. Between July 2011 and June 2015, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) invested C$990,000 in two 2-year projects focusing on grasslands conservation. The CEC conducted an assessment process to evaluate the impacts of this investment at two and four years post-project.
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluación del impacto a largo plazo del trabajo de la CCA en favor de la conservación de la mariposa monarca (1996–2016)

Description: Since 1996, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation has been actively involved in the conservation of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), a symbol of trinational environmental cooperation between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Although interrupted for a few years, CEC efforts to conserve the species intensified after population declines were recorded at overwintering sites in Mexico in 2005 (Rendon-Salinas and Galindo-Leal 2005).
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluación del impacto a largo plazo del Atlas ambiental de América del Norte y el Sistema de Monitoreo del Cambio en la Cobertura del Suelo de América del Norte (1996-2016)

Description: In 2018, the CEC commissioned a report to assess the long-term impact of the CEC’s North American Atlas and the North American Land Change Monitoring System (the NALCMS), together referred to as “the Atlas,” over the first twenty-year period from 1996 to 2016. This assessment shows that the Atlas’s foundational and thematic maps have helped visualize the continent’s shared environment and identify transboundary environmental issues, supporting research, analysis and environmental decision-makin… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluación de los efectos a largo plazo del trabajo sobre manejo adecuado de desechos peligrosos (1996-2014)

Description: CEC’s work on hazardous waste management spanned 18 years and included the following initiatives: <ul> <li>Training and consolidating information-sharing among customs agencies regarding the illegal trade in environmentally regulated hazardous waste materials;</li> <li>Creating a series of comprehensive documents detailing the laws, regulations, trade patterns and enforcement experiences applicable to particular sectors;</li> <li>Developing technical guidelines and compiling best prac… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Evaluación del impacto a largo plazo de la iniciativa Registro de Emisiones y Transferencias de Contaminantes de América del Norte (1995-2015)

Description: The North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (NAPRTR) Initiative originates from a commitment of Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to enhance the quality and comparability of PRTR data across the region, through improvements in methodologies for data gathering and management, electronic communications, and analyses, in order to 1) effectively track releases of industrial pollutants across North America, and… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plan de acción regional de América del Norte sobre mercurio: Fase I

Description: The purpose of the North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Mercury is to provide the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States with a path forward in their joint and differentiated efforts to reduce the exposure of North American ecosystems, fish and wildlife, and especially humans, to mercury through the prevention and reduction of anthropogenic releases of mercury to the North American environment.
Date: March 16, 1998
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mejoramiento de las condiciones para la construcción de edificaciones sustentables en América del Norte

Description: The report also identifies characteristics that make education and training programs successful, points out gaps between the educational offerings and anticipated needs in the industry, and makes recommendations for disseminating these best practices along with steps for addressing those gaps. In addition to these industry-specific education and training needs, the report emphasizes the value of educating those who can drive demand for green building, especially corporate clients in the United … more
Date: December 16, 2013
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mejoramiento de las condiciones para la construcción de edificaciones sustentables en América del Norte

Description: The three models identified are: Pay-As-You-Save, Property Assessed Clean Energy, and Green Mortgages. For commercial retrofits in the United States and Canada, the report finds that leveraging private capital markets is critical, reducing transaction costs will improve participation, and negative perceptions about the benefit-to-cost ratio of green-retrofit financing can be overcome with information-sharing, awareness-raising, and education. Residential retrofits in Mexico will benefit from le… more
Date: December 16, 2013
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Le Plan d’action régional nord-américain relatif au mercure: Phase II

Description: The purpose of the North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Mercury is to provide the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States with a path forward in their joint and differentiated efforts to reduce the exposure of North American ecosystems, fish and wildlife, and especially humans, to mercury through the prevention and reduction of anthropogenic releases of mercury to the North American environment.
Date: March 16, 2000
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Incidence à long terme des travaux de la CCE sur la conservation du monarque (1996-2016)

Description: Since 1996, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation has been actively involved in the conservation of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), a symbol of trinational environmental cooperation between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Although interrupted for a few years, CEC efforts to conserve the species intensified after population declines were recorded at overwintering sites in Mexico in 2005 (Rendon-Salinas and Galindo-Leal 2005).
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Incidence à long terme de l’Atlas environnemental nord-américain et du Système nord-américain de surveillance des changements dans la couverture terrestre (1996-2016)

Description: In 2018, the CEC commissioned a report to assess the long-term impact of the CEC’s North American Atlas and the North American Land Change Monitoring System (the NALCMS), together referred to as “the Atlas,” over the first twenty-year period from 1996 to 2016. This assessment shows that the Atlas’s foundational and thematic maps have helped visualize the continent’s shared environment and identify transboundary environmental issues, supporting research, analysis and environmental decision-makin… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Évaluation des effets à long terme du Registre nord-américain de rejets et de transferts de polluants (de 1995 à 2015)

Description: The North American Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (NAPRTR) Initiative originates from a commitment of Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to enhance the quality and comparability of PRTR data across the region, through improvements in methodologies for data gathering and management, electronic communications, and analyses, in order to 1) effectively track releases of industrial pollutants across North America, and… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Incidence à long terme des travaux sur la gestion rationnelle des déchets dangereux (1996 à 2014)

Description: CEC’s work on hazardous waste management spanned 18 years and included the following initiatives: <ul> <li>Training and consolidating information-sharing among customs agencies regarding the illegal trade in environmentally regulated hazardous waste materials;</li> <li>Creating a series of comprehensive documents detailing the laws, regulations, trade patterns and enforcement experiences applicable to particular sectors;</li> <li>Developing technical guidelines and compiling best prac… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plan d’action régional nord-américain relatif au mercure: Phase I

Description: The purpose of the North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on Mercury is to provide the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States with a path forward in their joint and differentiated efforts to reduce the exposure of North American ecosystems, fish and wildlife, and especially humans, to mercury through the prevention and reduction of anthropogenic releases of mercury to the North American environment.
Date: March 16, 1998
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Amélioration des conditions favorisant la construction de bâtiments écologiques en Amérique du Nord

Description: The report also identifies characteristics that make education and training programs successful, points out gaps between the educational offerings and anticipated needs in the industry, and makes recommendations for disseminating these best practices along with steps for addressing those gaps. In addition to these industry-specific education and training needs, the report emphasizes the value of educating those who can drive demand for green building, especially corporate clients in the United … more
Date: December 16, 2013
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Amélioration des conditions favorisant la construction de bâtiments écologiques en Amérique du Nord

Description: The three models identified are: Pay-As-You-Save, Property Assessed Clean Energy, and Green Mortgages. For commercial retrofits in the United States and Canada, the report finds that leveraging private capital markets is critical, reducing transaction costs will improve participation, and negative perceptions about the benefit-to-cost ratio of green-retrofit financing can be overcome with information-sharing, awareness-raising, and education. Residential retrofits in Mexico will benefit from le… more
Date: December 16, 2013
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Long-term Impact Assessment of the Sound Management of Hazardous Waste Work (1996–2014)

Description: CEC’s work on hazardous waste management spanned 18 years and included the following initiatives: <ul> <li>Training and consolidating information-sharing among customs agencies regarding the illegal trade in environmentally regulated hazardous waste materials;</li> <li>Creating a series of comprehensive documents detailing the laws, regulations, trade patterns and enforcement experiences applicable to particular sectors;</li> <li>Developing technical guidelines and compiling best prac… more
Date: July 16, 2019
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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