. "Trilateral Cooperation." Atmospheric Change and the North American Transportation Sector: Summary of a Trilateral Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1998.
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Atmospheric Change and the North American Transportation Sector:: Summary of a Trilateral Workshop
Trilateral Cooperation
Ultimately, all of the issues discussed here have global implications, but many workshop participants believed that it would be wise, and more feasible, for the United States, Mexico and Canada to first look for solutions on a trilateral basis. Whatever happens here, good or bad, will likely become a model for much of the rest of the world. Through the course of the workshop, the following items were mentioned as particularly good opportunities for more collaboration and information sharing among the three countries:
Scientific Issues
mobile source emission inventories
air quality monitoring
atmospheric modeling studies to determine cross-boundary transport of particulates, ozone, acidic species
understanding the long-term impacts of air pollution on human health and ecosystem productivity
Technological and policy issues
assessing the successes and failures of different policies used to drive technological development (including cleaner fuels) and to change individual use decisions considering the interplay among zoning, development, transportation, and the environment
public education/information campaigns
ensuring that transboundary pollution issues are taken into account when developing environmental, economic, and trade legislation
developing cleaner technologies for transcontinental shipping of goods
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Atmospheric Change and the North American Transportation Sector:: Summary of a Trilateral Workshop
Trilateral Cooperation
Ultimately, all of the issues discussed here have global implications, but many workshop participants believed that it would be wise, and more feasible, for the United States, Mexico and Canada to first look for solutions on a trilateral basis. Whatever happens here, good or bad, will likely become a model for much of the rest of the world. Through the course of the workshop, the following items were mentioned as particularly good opportunities for more collaboration and information sharing among the three countries:
Scientific Issues
mobile source emission inventories
air quality monitoring
atmospheric modeling studies to determine cross-boundary transport of particulates, ozone, acidic species
understanding the long-term impacts of air pollution on human health and ecosystem productivity
Technological and policy issues
assessing the successes and failures of different policies used to drive technological development (including cleaner fuels) and to change individual use decisions considering the interplay among zoning, development, transportation, and the environment
public education/information campaigns
ensuring that transboundary pollution issues are taken into account when developing environmental, economic, and trade legislation
developing cleaner technologies for transcontinental shipping of goods
