ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes how formal regionalism and the governments of the US, Canada and Mexico have addressed climate change in North America. Although this formal regionalism has accomplished certain climate-change goals, it has not been enough to start regional cooperation schemes that deal with the provision of global public goods. The chapter explains the trinational climate mechanisms working under the framework of the North American integration project, especially within the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) institutions, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC), the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) and the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG). In the case of North America, regionalism was crystallized by NAFTA in 1994. The chapter inclusion of renewable energy sources into national and formal regional policies is not a priority in the energy transition of North America.
