The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation: International Environmental Jurisdiction Over the Energy Sector

Abstract

The North American Agreement on Cooperation signed in 1993 by Canada, the US and Mexico creates a new layer of regulation of transnational environmental issues between these countries. The enforcement provisions of the Agreement have resulted in new institutions and instruments which enhance North American environmental enforcement. However, the process has yet to evolve and it is too early to tell what impact this new regime of jurisdiction will have on the energy sector.