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International Collaboration
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International Collaboration for Environmental Results
- Reduce Air Pollution
- Improve Water Quality
- Protect the Marine Environment
- Reduce Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
Examples of international collaboration for environmental results
Regions of International Collaboration
- AFRICA
Worked to phase out lead in gasoline in 48 of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries, thereby protecting 770 million people - CHINA
Helping China to reduce mercury emissions from power plants and products, reduce particulate matter from diesel engine emissions in Beijing and from indoor air in Yunan, reduce dioxin emissions from cement kilns in Xinjiang, clean up sites contaminated by PCBs in Liaoning, and protect sources of drinking water in Tianjin - EUROPE
Explored adaptation of European approaches to streamlined environmental regulation to improve environmental performance, increase economic efficiency in the United States. - INDIA
Worked to reduce harmful air pollution for 2.5 million residents through capacity building for emissions inventory and improved air quality management - RUSSIA
Reduced or avoided emissions of 235,000 tonnes of conventional air pollutants and 7.9 Million tonnes of CO2 in Russian and Ukraine. - SOUTH AMERICA
Provided financial and technical support to Chile for the design of a Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) which tracks release and transfer of potentially harmful chemicals. - SOUTHEAST ASIA
Trained over 100 environmental officials on principles of effective environmental permitting, inspection, and enforcement, increasing regional capacity to implement improved environmental standards. - US-CANADA BORDER
Worked to reduce water pollution discharges of toxics into shared binational watersheds along border of both lower 48 States and US/Alaska border with Canada. - US-MEXICO BORDER
Through the Border 2012 program connected 1.5 million people to safe drinking water and wastewater treatment in 10 border states and cleaned up more than 1 million scrap tires from the border
Global Initiatives
- Mercury
Global Mercury Partnerships Charter Member joining multi-sector partners to reduce releases of mercury from chlor-alkali facilities, reduce mercury in products, and reduce mercury use in artisanal gold mining - Environmental Health
WSSD Global Children's Environmental Health Indicators Partnership is working within the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to develop the first regional children's environmental health indicators report for North America addressing the specific needs of children who are at greatest risk from environmental health hazards - Air Quality
Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles joined with 75 countries to eliminate lead in gasoline, reduce sulfur in fuels, and introduce clean vehicle technologies worldwide
