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 border region

Information Pending 

Region 9
California/Arizona/Baja California/Sonora

As a result of the proposal selection process for the EPA's Border 2025 Program in Region 9, completed on September 30, 2021, NADB approved eight projects for development, which will receive grant funds of $501,388 that will be complemented by $574,949 of own funds or obtained from other institutions by the sponsors.