Border 2025: U.S. Mexico Border Program

The Border 2025 Program is the latest environmental program implemented under the 1983 La Paz Agreement. It builds on the Border 2012 and Border 2020 Environmental Programs, emphasizing regional, bottom-up approaches for decision making, priority setting, and project implementation to address the environmental and public health problems in the border region. As in the previous two border programs, the new Program encourages meaningful participation from communities and local stakeholders.

The Border 2025 Program also strengthens its focus in regional areas where environmental improvements are needed most: establishing thematic goals, supporting the implementation of projects, considering new fundamental strategies, and encouraging the achievement of more ambitious environmental and public health goals.

Border 2025 Goals: 

1 Reduce Air Pollution
2 Improve Water Quality
3 Promote Sustainable Materials Management and Waste Management, and Clean Sites
4 Improve Joint Preparedness for and Response to Hazardous Environmental Emergencies

Region 6  
Texas/New Mexico/Chihuahua and Texas/Tamaulipas/Nuevo León/Coahuila

As a result of the request for proposals selection process launched at the start of the Border 2025 program, 17 initiatives have been selected and approved to receive US$1,072,163 in grant funding, representing approximately 74% of the total cost. The project sponsors will cover the remaining 26% of the costs with their own funds or funds they have raised from other institutions. As of December 31, 2024, ten projects had been completed.

Region 9
California/Arizona/Baja California/Sonora

As a result of the request for proposals selection process completed in September 2021, eleven initiatives were selected and approved to receive US$731,206 in grant funding, covering approximately 54% of the total cost. The project sponsors will cover the remaining 46% of the costs with their own funds or funds they have raised from other institutions. As of December 31, 2024, eight projects had been completed.