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This Food Waste Prevention Week, Join the CEC and Partners for Webinars on Reducing Food Waste
Calling all families, school food professionals, educators and volunteers! Are you curious about what happens to the food we don’t consume? Do you want to dive into the world of food waste activities and opportunities in school cafeterias, communities and households?
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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
Air Quality Improvement for Environmental Justice
2022 Active Pollutants
Black carbon (BC) or “soot” ─a component of fine particulate matter (PM)─ is an important air contaminant that not only affects public health but also our climate. Our countries’ systems for monitoring air pollution have limited coverage, with millions of people across North America living in communities that have no means of measuring...
Featured Publication
Central de Abasto – Mexico City (CEDA)
Understanding food loss and waste at the world’s largest market
October 24, 2022 5 pages Green Growth
The Central de Abasto, located in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, is the world’s largest wholesale market, covering 3.27 km2 of land area, making it larger than the country of Monaco, and handling over 30,000 tonnes of merchandise each day. The market houses more than 2,000 businesses, employing more than 70,000 people and serving more than 300,000 customers daily. Thirty-five percent of all food consumed in Mexico is sold through the Central de Abasto.
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Assistant, Outreach and Partnerships & Communications Units
Job Opportunities
Deadline: March 29, 2024 5:00pm
Salary/Budget: CAD 46,000.00 - CAD 52,000.00
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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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.