Cross-border cooperation to improve environmental performance of the North American freight system is urgently needed-not just to enhance environmental sustainability, but to safeguard regional economic competitiveness, according to a new report from the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
The Secretariat of the CEC-a trinational commission established as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-examines environmental matters arising as part of continental trade and makes occasional recommendations to the governments of Canada, Mexico and the United States through the CEC Council of cabinet-level (or equivalent) environmental authorities.
Entitled Destination Sustainability: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transportation in North America, the report which focuses on road and rail transport, finds that while emissions from light-duty vehicles are expected to drop by 12 per cent by 2030, freight truck emissions are projected to increase by 20 per cent.
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