The Commission for Environmental Cooperation announces
support for 13 projects from Canada, Mexico and the
United States for climate and environmental justice
efforts.
TIOHTIÀ:KE (MONTREAL), QC, May 3, 2024
/CNW/ - The North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation (CEC) has announced 13 climate-focused projects that
will each receive up to C$200,000
under the CEC's EJ4Climate (Environmental Justice and Climate
Resilience) Grant Program for empowering urban communities for
extreme climate events.
Initiated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Administrator Michael S. Regan in
2021, the EJ4Climate Grant Program provides funding directly to
community-based organizations for projects that target underserved
and vulnerable communities, and Indigenous communities, in
Canada, Mexico and the
United States, to help prepare them for climate-related
impacts.
"This year we received compelling and inspiring applications
from across North America and
we're so excited to see the EJ4Climate grant recipients drive this
vital work to build climate resilience on the ground and directly
in and with local communities. We look forward to collaborate with
them in this journey," said Violaine
Pronovost, Community Grant Programs Lead at the CEC. "The
projects will advance work on a number of critical issues, from
developing community emergency plans and networks to the
reappropriation of gardening skills and other traditional practices
related to food production through community members and youth
brigades involved in restoration and greening initiatives in their
community."
The EJ4Climate selection committee selected the 13 grant
recipients from more than 240 proposals. The projects were
evaluated on specific criteria, such as the degree of community
involvement and partnerships, implementation planning and
measurable objectives over the course of the project life
cycle.
Building on the strong and successful results of
the 2022-23 cycle, here are the 2023-24 EJ4Climate grant
recipients:
Canada
- Organization: Environmental Youth Alliance
Project name: Community-led Indigenous Food Land and Wetland
Biodiversity Corridor in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Location: British Columbia
- Organization: Food Producers Forum
Project name: Provincial Food Network
Location: Newfoundland and
Labrador
- Organization: Gorge Waterway Action Society
Project name: Community Saltmarsh Restoration for Climate
Resilience
Location: British Columbia
- Organization: Manitoba Métis Federation – National Government
of the Red River Métis
Project name: Red River Métis Emergency Management Planning
Location: Manitoba
Mexico
- Organization: Conservación de la Biodiversidad del
Usumacinta, A.C.
Project name: Implementation of Strategies to Increase Climate
Resilience Along the Urban Rivers of Villahermosa
Location: Tabasco
- Organization: Medio Ambiente y Comunidad CEDO, A.C.
Project name: Coastal Communities Resilient to Extreme
Hydrometeorological Events in the Upper Gulf of California
Location: Sonora
- Organization: Fondo de Conservación El Triunfo, A.C.
Project name: Innovation Network for Adaptation to Extreme Weather
Events in Urban Environments in Chiapas
Location: Chiapas
- Organization: Juárez Limpio, A.C.
Project name: Community Environmental Education as An Environmental
Justice and Climate-resilience Strategy in Ciudad Juárez
Location: Chihuahua
United States
- Organization: Boston Food Forest Coalition
Project name: Community-led Food Forest Development for Climate
Resilience in Boston
Location: Massachusetts
- Organization: Green Columbus
Project name: Cool Franklin County
Schools
Location: Ohio
- Organization: Texas Health and Environment Alliance
Project name: Empowering Vulnerable Communities to Prevent Toxic
Chemical Exposure from Climate Change Events
Location: Texas
- Organization: Americas for Conservation + the Arts
Project name: Fostering Lifelong Climate Champions - Building a
Climate Stewardship Pipeline through Education and Workforce
Development
Location: Colorado
- Organization: Watershed Management Group
Project name: Urban Rainwater Harvesters in the Upper Santa Cruz
River Basin, Ambos Nogales,
Sonora, and Arizona
Location: Arizona and Sonora, Mexico
Learn more about the EJ4Climate Grant Program, all grant
recipients and the work they are doing to address the impacts of
climate change by visiting our website.
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About the CEC
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) was
established in 1994 by the governments of Canada, Mexico and the
United States through the North American Agreement on
Environmental Cooperation, a parallel environmental agreement to
NAFTA. As of 2020, the CEC is recognized and maintained by the
Environmental Cooperation Agreement parallel to the new Free Trade
Agreement of North America. The
CEC brings together a wide range of stakeholders, including the
general public, Indigenous People, youth, nongovernmental
organizations, academia, and the business sector, to seek solutions
to protect North America's shared
environment while supporting sustainable development for the
benefit of present and future generations. Find out more at:
www.cec.org.
The CEC is governed and funded equally by the Government of
Canada through Environment and
Climate Change Canada, the Government of the United States of Mexico through the Secretaría de Medio
Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, and the Government of the United States of America through the
Environmental Protection Agency.
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