This publication contains twelve papers exploring the issues and themes that emerged from a two-day conference on Transboundary Environmental Governance in Canada and the United States, held at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars on May 8 and 9, 2008, and organized by the Canada Institute. The conference aimed to provide participants with a better understanding of the varied institutional arrangements that make up environmental cross-border governance between Canada and the United States, and determine whether these arrangements have had a substantive impact on the bilateral environmental relationship.

Much of the discussion throughout the conference focused on the relevance and impact of the International Joint Commission (IJC) on bilateral environmental issues. As several authors in this publication highlight, while the IJC remains central to any examination of cross-border environmental governance, it is by no means the only institution that needs to be considered when contemplating an effective response. Enhancing cross-border environmental governance requires an understanding not only of future environmental issues, but also a firm grasp of the history of environmental cooperation between Canada and the United States

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