| Led by: Soluciones en Legislación y Política Ambiental A.C. (POLEA) |
| Sector: Low-carbon policy |
| Implementation period: March 2021 - March 2025 |
México is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, primarily due to its geographical location. It is essential to implement legislative measures that can identify the needs of states and communities in order to mitigate the effects of climate change and assist them in adapting to various situations, as negative consequences of climate change can put many individuals in difficulties.
The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Mexico by providing technical assistance to both national and regional government legislative and executive branches. This support is helping them to develop the necessary skills to create, improve, and implement strong and effective climate change legislation. The project will contribute to Mexico's goal of reducing GHG emissions by 22% by 2030 and will help raise the ambition for future climate targets.
"UK PACT has been essential to promote a new generation of laws on climate change in Mexico, with a comprehensive perspective on the differentiated effects of this phenomenon and lay the foundations, from the legal framework, to guarantee climate justice all around the country", says Andrés Ávila Akerberg, Executive Director of POLEA.
Updated legal frameworks at the state level, where actions accrue, and the harmonisation with the General Law on Climate Change, will certainly contribute to emissions reduction. The activities proposed for the update of state climate change laws, namely bilateral meetings, high-level events, and participative processes to gather information, are key for legislators to understand the complexities of climate change and how their States should address specific issues differently and simultaneously contribute, through legislation, to the implementation of Mexico's NDC.
During the update processes, POLEA is promoting and strengthening the dialogue between the legislative and executive branches of government, which enhances and enables a coordinated environment that supports a better implementation of climate change-related policies and actions.
