Trans-Boundary Conference on Environmental Governance in Canada and the United States May 8, 2008

Professors Barry Rabe of the University of Michigan and Stephen Brooks of the University of Windsor will chair a two-day conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars on Trans-Boundary Environmental Governance Issues in Canada and the United States. The event will provide an opportunity to examine a range of experiments in environmental governance that span the U.S.-Canadian border. As well, it will offer a forum for a serious discussion of the effectiveness of existing governance arrangements and reflection on their adequacy for addressing future U.S.-Canadian environmental challenges.

The conference aims to provide participants with a better understanding not only of the varied institutional arrangements for cross-border governance but also provide some sense of whether their impacts are substantive or largely symbolic. The discussion promises to provide timely analyses of the International Joint Commission’s initiatives, as well as other environmental governance mechanisms that focus on particular bioregions or sub-national jurisdictions. Panelists will also assess areas where Canada and the United States share serious environmental concerns, but currently lack an effective bilateral governance system to manage these challenges.

To RSVP: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1420&fuseaction=topics.event_rsvp&event_id=364639

For information on Day 1: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1420&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=364639

For information on Day 2: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1420&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=368408