1. Evan Lloyd, Executive Director
CEC Progress Aug-Nov ‘10
Evan Lloyd, Executive Director
JPAC New Orleans
17 November 2010
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2. Community Grant Projects New Strategic Initiatives Green Buildings
Progress
A13 Destination Sustainability
Community Grant Projects
New Strategic Initiatives
Green Buildings
North American PRTR
North American Environmental
Atlas
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3. Mapping the road to a sustainable future
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4. North American GHG Emissions by Sector
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Freight Transportation
in North America
North American GHG Emissions by Sector
In NA today the transportation sector is second only to the electrical power sector as a key source of GHG.
Moreover, as I’ll discuss later – over the medium term it is expected that transportation will in fact emerge to be the dominant sector in terms of energy end-use in the next 20 years.
Here we see that, for NA as a whole, Canada, Mexico and the United States, the transportation sector currently represents some 28 % of the total regional share of GHG emissions.
To provide broad context it should be noted the NAFTA countries are already distinguished, as a region and a trading bloc, by the extent to which - within the transport sector - road and rail transport dominates the movement of goods among our three countries.
The CEC has projected that, by 2030, the North American Economy will grow per cent, with a corresponding growth in intra - NAFTA trade volumes.
Sources:
Mexico Third National Communication to the UNFCCC (2002)
Inventory of US Greenhouse Gases and Sinks, US EPA (2007)
Energy Use Data Handbook Tables, Office of Energy Efficiency, Canada (2007)
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5. NAFTA Transborder Truck Flows and Traffic at US Ports of Entry, 2002
Sustainable
Freight Transportation
in North America
NAFTA Transborder Truck Flows and Traffic at US Ports of Entry, 2002
This depicts the major land ports of entry and volumes of freight imported by trucks between Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
In 2008 approximately half of the total truck and rail traffic by value in North America was handled by three land ports of entry: Detroit/Windsor, Nuevo Laredo/Laredo, and Buffalo/Niagara Falls.
At the US-Canadian border, more than 75% of the surface trade was handled by only 5 land ports of entry, while at the US-Mexican border only 4 ports of entry handled about the same amount of the total land trade.
Forecasts indicate that the US interstate highway travel demand measured by vehicle miles travelled (VMT) will increase from 690 billion in 2002 to 1.3 trillion by Truck-borne freight is expected to double by 2035 and rail-borne freight is also projected to increase significantly.
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6. Case Study: Truck CO2 Emissions
Sustainable
Freight Transportation
in North America
Case Study: Truck CO2 Emissions
Current CO2 emissions along the Mexico City-Montreal transportation corridor
2035 CO2 emissions forecast along the Mexico City-Montreal transportation corridor
As background to this study we commissioned the Texas Transportation Institute to investigate the issues and opportunities with improving climate change and air quality implications of freight movement along one major North American transportation corridor.
The study corridor runs from Mexico City to Montreal, and presents some 2,850 miles of trucking distance and 3,200 of rail.
The results show that freight movement will continue to cause substantial amounts of CO2 emissions. Current levels of rail emissions are not significant relative to that of trucks; however the share of rail emissions will increase over time.
This is due to a projected increase in rail freight movement, coupled with significant reduction of criteria pollutants from trucks as the result of more stringent emission standards and improved engine design.
Across the corridor – looking to 2035, we see significant truck-related decreases in CO, NOx and PM, but a growth in annual CO2 emissions from some 13,500 kt in 2010 to 32,218 kt in 2035.
One other important finding of our report is the carbon consequence of the drayage system that is in place at the US Mexico border in place of the free flow of trucks as was supposed to occur under the NAFTA.
This is a complex political situation, but in addition to the very real economic cost (Mexico has imposed duties of $2.4 billion worth affecting US goods) – TTI research indicates the drayage system is contributing an additional 310,000 mtCO2e annually (based on 4,291,465 drayage trips each year, Mex-US-Mex (5 mi US; 15 mi Mex). And this is only for Laredo.
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7. North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action - NAPECA
August CEC Council directed a new community grant program
The Council has directed that a new grant program be established—the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA)—to build partnerships to improve environmental conditions at the community, local and regional levels.
This multi-year grant program will fund innovative community projects that directly support the objectives under our new priorities and lead to results that can improve environmental outcomes throughout North America.
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8. Partnerships to improve environmental conditions at community, local and regional levels projects:
Red Lake Bank monitoring program – Lake of the Woods
Programs to reduce/eliminate mercury in hospitals - State of Sonora
Lake Chapala's Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU)
Red Lake Band – US Canada Border Minnesota – Ontario – Manitoba, H20 water testing - $130,000
Sonora Hg – $31.2
PEHSU - $150
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9. New Strategic Initiatives Delivering on Council Strategic Priorities
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10. New Strategic Initiatives
Improving comparability of GHG emissions data, methodologies and inventories in North America
E-Waste
Sound environmental management – recycling (SME)
Intelligence-led enforcement
Defined the face-to-face meeting (November 16) to discuss:
Intelligence-led enforcement
National regulatory-enforcement landscapes
Relation with customs and other agencies
Protocols for the exchange of information
Terms of reference for potential operation for the future
Identification of synergies and potential next steps, stakeholders, timeline, etc.
Increased awareness of illegal/non-compliant activities and full engagement of stakeholders involved in the import/export of e-waste in/from North America and abroad in order to curb illegal trade.
Addressing sound management in recycling activities for SMEs
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11. Regional standards for energy efficiency in commercial buildings
Tri-lateral cooperation: EPA,NRCAN, CONUEE
Technical Workshop–Oct.
pathway leading to harmonization of standards of rating systems
Following the June workshop (as per task 1), the Secretariat hired a consultant to support CONUEE (with the collaboration of NRCan and US EPA) in implementing Mexico's national energy efficiency program, specifically looking at the possibilities of implementing in Mexico EPA's Energy Star Portfolio Manager program. A technical workshop regarding this topic is scheduled for the end of October.
Technical workshop to develop regional standards for energy efficiency in commercial and residential buildings. Spring 2010Increased understanding of the appropriate pathway leading to harmonization of standards of rating systems in the residential and commercial building sectors
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12. North American PRTR Taking Stock Online Taking Stock Report
Public and Stakeholder Workshops: US TRI, Can NPRI
PRTRs:
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registries
Taking Stock Online website, integrated database, and overview of 2006 data - released 13 July 2010.
The Taking Stock (2006 data year) report is planned for release next few weeks.
Since Council meeting in August the Secretariat Staff managing NA PRTR have participated in extensive consultation with stakeholders and officials in both the US and Canada.
In the US the CEC participated in the US National Training Conference on the Toxic Release Inventory and Environmental Conditions in Communities, and held a public meeting of the NA PRTR project in Washington – including the participation of the JPAC.
In Ottawa, yesterday, Secretariat staff participated in the Special Session of the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) Multi Stakeholder Work Group.
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13. New protected areas across Canada and the United States are included in an updated release of the Terrestrial Protected Areas 2010 map and database
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14. Protected Area updates:
Data for New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Quebec. Expansion of Nahanni National Park.
Special data release of the US Protected Areas Database (PAD-US).
Metadata describing sources and attributes of the data.
Google Earth layer of all North American protected areas.
New protected areas across Canada and the United States are included in an updated release of the Terrestrial Protected Areas 2010 map and database Updates include:
For the first time, protected area data for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Quebec have been seamlessly integrated into the North American Protected Area database, including updated attribute information.
Newly added areas, such as the expansion of Nahanni National Park in Canada, are included.
A special data release of the United States Protected Areas Database (PAD-US), Version 1.1.
Metadata describing the sources and attributes of the data are now available.
A Google Earth layer of all North American protected areas.
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15. North American Land Change Monitoring System
Land Cover (2005 data), released in February 2010 are being used for innovative environmental initiatives
2009 data and 1st North American land-change detection map for (January 2011).
National experts and officials of the North American Land Change Monitoring System (NALCMS) met recently in Guadalajara, Mexico, to discuss ongoing work to produce a land cover map with 2009 data, and the first North American change detection map for 2005–2009.
This map and these data will be released in early January
The NALCMS experts also presented examples of how Land Cover 2005 data, released in February 2010 through the Atlas, are being used for innovative environmental initiatives, including:
The integration of the NALCMS land cover into the annual update of the United States Geological Service (USGS) National Land Cover Database. The USGS data are used for environmental monitoring applications (US E PA), national park monitoring (US Department of the Interior) and CO2 monitoring (USGS)
North American Drought Monitor (US N)AA)
Development of sustainable development indicators for Canada (Environment Canada)
Carbon, habitat and snow and ice monitoring (Environment Canada)
Development of REDD+ and GHG mitigation program (Semarnat/Conafor-Mexico)
Monitoring of the Meso-American Biological Corridor project  (Semarnat/Conabio-Mexico)
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16. Three countries. One environment.
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