CCME is the primary minister-led intergovernmental forum for collective action on environmental issues of national and international concern.
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Project 679-2024 – Scope and Compile Perspectives on Air Quality Management System
November 9, 2023 in RFPs
Contract Opportunity Project Description: The Contractor will conduct background researc...
read morePublic Review and Comment: Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health for Trivalent, Hexavalent and Total Chromium
October 30, 2023 in Public Review
Draft Canadian soil quality guidelines for the protection of environmental and human health for trivalent, hexavalent and total chromium and its scientifi...
read moreProject 677-2024 – Facilitator with Strategic Planning Expertise
October 3, 2023 in RFPs
Contract Opportunity Project Description: The Contractor w...
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Air
Air pollutants have the potential to impact environment and human health both locally and across political and geographic boundaries.
Governments across Canada pursue active programs on air issues both individually and collectively. In 2012 ministers ...
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Federal, provincial and territorial ministers recognise that addressing climate change is a shared responsibility and are working collaboratively and within their jurisdictions to take action.
In December 2016 First Ministers released the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change (PCF).
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Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines (CEQGs) provide science-based goals for the quality of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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Environment ministers are committed to taking action within their jurisdictions and through CCME to improve Canada’s record on reducing and recycling waste.
In September 2014 environment ministers adopted a vision for waste: Canada is a world le...
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Water is an essential natural resource that shapes regional landscapes and is vital for human well-being and ecosystem functioning.
Management of water in Canada has evolved in response to the changing demands placed on water, as well as to growing aw...
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