Policies, measures and actions on climate change and
environmental protection in the context of COVID-19 recovery.
Mexico
Last update
25 Aug. 2020
Categories
- Response
- Emergency measures in the short term (a few months to one year) to address concerns that have directly emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and may include forced action.
- Recovery
- Socioeconomic measures in the medium term (one to a few years) with an environmental and climate focus to “build back better” from COVID-19, and usually involves planned, intentional action.
- Redesign
- Paradigm shifts and measures in the long term (more than a few years to a few decades) toward redesigning current socioeconomic and sociocultural systems to be sustainable and resilient.
1.Climate mitigation measures
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Transition to renewable energy
Response Recovery RedesignCoordinate actions within the environmnetal sector and other agencies that promote a energy transition with clean, specifically renewable, energy. We have focsued on guaranteeing environmental protection and seeking the well-being of the population, especially the most vulnerable communities, with a focus on social and economic inclusion and mobility.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Industry sector
Response Recovery RedesignEstablish, strengthen, and promote, in coordination with other Federal Public Administrarion agencies, policies and regulatory instruments for the reduction of GHG emissions in strategic sectors. This includes circular economy approach to meet national and international climate change goals.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Land sector
Response Recovery RedesignReduce emissions from deforestation and soil degradation, through the promotion of integrated land management. This includes instruments to promote low-carbon and resilient rural development, the conservation and increase of forest carbon stocks, and the equitable distribution of benefits.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Household sector
Response Recovery RedesignPromote a sustainable, inclusive, and compact urban development through sustainable mobility and housing. This includes solid waste and wastewater management that reduces greenhouse emissions, and increases the resilience and adaptive capacity of cities and metropolitan areas.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
2.Climate adaptation measures
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Adaptation planning
Response Recovery RedesignConsolidate information systems on climate change that support the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of national goals; as well as identify needs and opportunities for financing, training, technology transfer, and vulnerability reduction.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Adaptation planning
Response Recovery RedesignStrengthen the evaluation of national climate policy in order to know and improve its efficiency and effectivenessContact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Agr/food security
Response Recovery RedesignPromote environmental education and capacities to contribute towards climate action empowerment, including the change in the patterns of production, consumptio,n and occupation of the territory.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Human settlements
Response Recovery RedesignStrengthen the co-creation of local capacities togethere with transparency mechanisms within the framework of the National Climate Change System.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Adaptation planning
Response Recovery RedesignReduce vulnerability and increase the resilience of the social sector, strategic infraestructure and productive systems to the effects of climate change.Reference https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/41978/Estrategia-Nacional-Cambio-Climatico-2013.pdfContact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Adaptation planning
Response Recovery RedesignGuide and accompany the different levels of government in the design and development of policy instruments for adaptation, using a territorial approach based on ecosystems, community vision, bioculturality and nature based soluctions.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
3.Cross-cutting measures
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Citizens’ lives (behaviour change) / employment
Response Recovery RedesignPromote informed, organized, and culturally relevant social participation imechanisms on climate change and land use, particularly among indigenous and Afro-Mexican people, women, and youth.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Governance
Response Recovery RedesignStrengthen the evaluation of national climate policy in order to know and improve its efficiency and effectiveness.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Governance
Response Recovery RedesignPromote the strengthening of the legal framework and institutional architecture among state and mucnipal goevrnments on the design, implementation, and evaluation of the impact of subnational local action.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Sustainable finance (public/private)/market mechanisms/carbon pricing
Response Recovery RedesignDevelop fiscal policies and economic instruments, together with other climate-related mechanisms.Reference https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/41978/Estrategia-Nacional-Cambio-Climatico-2013.pdfContact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Sustainable finance (public/private)/market mechanisms/carbon pricing
Response Recovery RedesignMobilize diffenete sources of public and private fincial, from both national and international flows, to allow the implementation of mitigation and adaptation actions to comply with the NDC.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
4.Other environmental measures
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Measures related to ecosystem services / biodiversity / land use / agriculture
Response Recovery RedesignPromote the conservation, protection, restoration, and sustainable use of their biodiversity with a territorial and human rights approach, considering biocultural regions. The main objective is to maintain functional ecosystems that are the basis of the population's well-being.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Waste management and Circular economy / sustainable production and consumption
Response Recovery RedesignPromote an environment portectation of water, air and soil that allows the full exercise of the right to a healthy environment.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Other environmental pollution countermeasures
Response Recovery RedesignStrengthen environmental governance through free, effective, meaningful, and co-responsible citizen participation in public policy decisions; ensure access to environmental justice with a territorial and human rights approach; and promotte environmental education and culture.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico -
Waste management and Circular economy / sustainable production and consumption
Response Recovery Redesign
Encourage change and innovation in the methods of production and consumption of goods and services, i to reduce the extraction of natural resources, the use of energy, and minimize the effects of human activities on the environment.Contact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
5.International Cooperation
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Others
Response RecoveryStrengthen strategic cooperation and international leadership in the Latin American and Caribbean region by recognizing its high vulnerability to climate change, as well as its potential to mitigate GHG emissions.Reference https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/41978/Estrategia-Nacional-Cambio-Climatico-2013.pdfContact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
6.Others
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International cooperation
Response Recovery RedesignPromote compliance with international environmental commitments, and strengthen environmental work through international cooperation, including the active participation of citizensContact Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
Other countries
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Afghanistan
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Australia
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Bangladesh
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Benin
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Bhutan
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Brazil
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Bulgaria
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Burkina Faso
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Cambodia
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Canada
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Chile
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China
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Costa Rica
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Cyprus
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Denmark
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estonia
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Eswatini
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The European Commission
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Finland
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France
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Gabon
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Gambia
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Germany
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Greece
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Guatemala
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Indonesia
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Iran
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Laos
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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The Marshall Islands
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mongolia
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Myanmar
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Nepal
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The Netherlands
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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Norway
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Pakistan
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Palestine
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Panama
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Peru
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The Philippines
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Poland
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Republic of Korea
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Romania
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Russia
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San Marino
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Sao Tome and Principe
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Singapore
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Thailand
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Ukraine
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The United Kingdom