Author: IKI Alliance

The Mexican government has established a social promise of providing Mexican citizens with more equality and justice. At the same time, the country has embarked on a transition to adopt sources of clean energy, which will be decisive for reducing the carbon footprint of the Mexican energy sector and enabling an ample spectrum of social and economic opportunities for the country.

In a fruitful partnership, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in collaboration with the Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), have prepared a detailed evaluation that examines the important co-benefits of renewables and energy efficiency in Mexico’s energy transition, as well as options for more adequate policies in order to deliver these benefits to the Mexican people. The report is based on four case studies that took place in Baja California Sur, Mexico City, Oaxaca, and the Yucatan, which provided a significant orientation on topics of evaluation and co-benefits, and how to guarantee political relevance for the social and economic opportunities addressed.

Research partners Ithaca Environmental, as well as the Climate Initiative of Mexico (ICM), were also present during the technical implementation. This report of the Co-Benefits of Mexico has been facilitated by the Energy and Climate Change Policy Convergence (CONECC) project of GIZ and with the financial support of the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

Mexico, alongside 187 other parties to this date, ratified the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change and provide opportunities for current and future generations to prosper. With this study, we look to contribute to these international efforts, offering a scientific basis and harnessing the social and economic co-benefits in this energy transition. Building an energy system with low carbon emissions, while facilitating a fair transition, will enable successful climate action for the planet and the Mexican people.

We want to inspire readers to participate in the important debate regarding a just and sustainable energy future in Mexico.

 

 

If you would like more information, contact: gianna-maria.pedot@giz.de

Within the framework of the project Biodiversity and Sustainable Agrosilvopastoralist Livestock Landscapes (BioPaSOS), more than 1,200 livestock breeders – men and women from Jalisco, Chiapas, and Campeche in Mexico – are being trained to implement silvopastoral systems on their farms, as well as good livestock practices that can contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and the mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs), thus increasing their ability to adapt to climate change.

Upon implementing these technologies, they’ve been able to overcome food shortages for their livestock in dry season, increase productivity, better manage the pastures, improve the health of their animals, and – in some cases – reduce the use of agrochemicals. What’s more, by conserving and improving the management of trees on their farms, they’ve obtained benefits such as firewood, timber, fence posts, and fruits.

All of this knowledge has been transmitted to farming families through the 68 Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) developed by the project Biodiversity and Sustainable Agrosilvopastoralist Livestock Landscapes, known as BioPaSOS, alongside local partners and in coordination with the Agriculture and Environment Ministries in each territory of intervention.

“BioPaSOS has provided us with the tools to adapt. We are now putting into practice what they’ve taught us on the farm, and we can see better results in our production, as well as economic savings,” asserted Laura Madera, a producer from Jalisco.

The main practices developed during the FFSs are the establishment of hedges, tree-planting in pastures, the establishment of cut grasses, multinutrient blocs, silage, management of fodder crops, the use of biodigesters, and the production of sulphate and calcium products. They’ve also been sensitized to conserving biodiversity to increase the resilience and adaptation of livestock production to climate change; for example, the trees help to capture GHG, protect water sources, provide habitat, and increase the connectivity of the landscape, which helps to maintain the viability of plants and animal communities on farming landscapes.

Héctor Caamal, a farmer from Campeche, says the FFS changed his belief that in order to rear livestock, it was necessary to get rid of trees. He now practices a very different kind of livestock farming, keeping more animals in a smaller area – which allows the trees to grow – and implementing positive livestock practices.

BioPaSOS is implemented by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), with the support of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in coordination with the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER), with financing from the International Climate Initiative (IKI).

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, at the request of Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), co-organized an event about good international verification processes for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the framework of the Emissions Trading System (ETS). This workshop took place within the project “Preparation of an Emissions Trading System in Mexico” (SiCEM) alongside the “México Economía Limpia” alliance from Stanford University and USAID. The course included the participation of experts in monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) from the European Union and California; they shared some of their challenges and learning from years of experience within their respective jurisdictions.

The course’s inauguration was presided by Professor Julio Trujillo (Undersecretary of Development and Environmental Regulation at SEMARNAT), Yutsil Sanginés Sayavedra (General Director of Climate Change Policy at SEMARNAT), Jasmin Fraatz (Coordinator of the GIZ Climate Change Cluster), Blas L. Pérez-Henríquez (Director of the “México Economía Limpia 2050” alliance) and Rosario Miranda (Assistant Director of the Certifying Agencies at EMA, the Mexican Accreditation Body). They all highlighted the importance of international cooperation in order to share good practices from countries and programs with experience in GHG verification.

The course took place from the 27th to the 31st of January 2020 and brought together participants from the Certification, Verification, and Validation Agencies (OC-VV), the Mexican Accreditation Body (EMA), the Federal Bureau of Environmental Protection (PROFEPA), and the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), among others. During five days of training, experts from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Verico SCE updated the participants on topics such as accreditation of verifying agencies, and the revision and monitoring of verifications. Likewise, they placed emphasis on the verification processes of sectors such as energy, cement, and steel.

With this kind of training, it is expected that key actors for the Pilot Program for the Emissions Trading System – such as these verifiers – develop the skills for solid verification of GHG emissions at the participating installations.

 

Presentations at the Event (in Spanish)
Day 1

1 European Union Accreditation Process

1_2_Comparisons between Accreditation Systems

1_ Accreditation of GHG Verification Agencies: Accreditation processes in the USA and Canada

2 Accreditation: Qualification Criteria for Qualification Verifiers: EU functioning

3 Monitoring of GHG 1. Basic concepts and EU Regulations

3_Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases Comparative Monitoring Plan

3_ Reporting Protocol for the Voluntary Report Program

4 Monitoring of GEI 1: Activity details, Calculation and Uncertainty Factors

4_Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Effects. Addressing Uncertainties

4_Reporting Protocol for the Voluntary Report Program

5 Verification Criteria. Concept and Materiality

5_ Materiality Verification Criteria

Verico SCE. Presentation of the Cooperative

Accreditation of GHG Verification Agencies: Accreditation processes in the USA and Canada

Session 3. Reporting Protocol for the Voluntary Report Program

Session 4. Reporting Protocol for the Voluntary Report Program

 

Day 2

6_10_ Accreditation of GHG Verification Organisms: Accreditation processes in the USA and Canada

6_ Verification Process. Contract revision

7_ Verification Process. Strategic Analysis and Roles

7_ Verification Process. Strategic Analysis and CoI 

7_ Verification Process. Conflict of interest

8 Verification Process. Risk Analysis and Verification Plan. Verification Process

9_Verifier Tools

9_ Verification Plan and Risk Analysis

9_USA-Canada Risks. Government Risk Evaluation in Alberta, Canada

10 GIZ Verification Process. Findings and Report

10_ Verification Process. Verification Report. Non-Compliances Treatment

11_Case Study

Session 5 – Accreditation of GHG Verification Agencies. Accreditation processes in the USA and Canada

Session 6 – Verification Process. Strategic Analysis and CoI

Session 9 – Government Risk Evaluation in Alberta, Canada

With the approach of 2020 – the cut-off date for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and its Aichi Targets – the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity of the United Nations began the process of developing a Global Framework for Biodiversity Post-2020, as another step towards completing the 2050 Vision of “Living in Harmony with Nature”.

As part of this process, the Mexican government, through the Chancellery, the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), and the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), held the “First Workshop in the process of identifying Mexico’s potential contributions to the Zero Draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework” to analyze and identify the country’s potential contributions to the negotiation process within this new framework, which will be adopted next October by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Around 180 specialists from state and federal governments, academia, youth, the private sector, civil society, indigenous populations, and local communities participated in this workshop on the 29th and 30th of October, which sought a better understanding of the alarming situation and biodiversity trends, as well as the identification of the challenges and opportunities for building new global targets in conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of biodiversity for the period 2021-2030.

 

Credits: CONABIO. 180 specialists from varied sectors implemented recommendations for the Zero Draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

During the workshop, GIZ facilitated the table “Searching for Sustainability on all Fronts,” where the main results from the Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mexican Agricultural Sector (IKI-IBA) were presented, and participants discussed the importance of including the productive sectors as allies in the strategies for sustainable use of biodiversity. Likewise, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) was in charge of the table “Mobilization of Resources,” where it presented the results of the work produced in coordination with the Mexican government between 2015 and 2018 for the Global Biodiversity Framework; in particular for “Mobilization of Resources” Aichi Target 20. What’s more, advances in the implementation of financing solutions for biodiversity were presented, as well as the support opportunities that BIOFIN can provide for the process post-2020.

 

In 2016, the region with the highest production of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was the United States and Canada with 21 kg per capita. In Latin America, Mexico positioned itself as the second producer of WEEE with 8.2 kg per inhabitant. Of the total number of WEEE generated, it is estimated that, in Mexico, only 10% is formally recycled, 40% remain stored, while the remaining 50% is disposed of in landfills or uncontrolled dumpsites. Due to factors such as the current consumption scheme, the lack of repair culture and the short innovation cycles, it is expected that, in the absence of relevant measures, the production of WEEE will increase exponentially globally.

The incorrect management and poor disposition of WEEE causes negative impacts on environmental, economic and public health aspects. For this reason, in the Sustainable Development Goals, WEEE has been identified as a priority action issue. Specifically, it has been detected that this issue has participation in SDGs 3 Good Health and Well-being, 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities and 12 Responsible Consumption and Production.

With the objective of understanding the serious problem that represents the production of WEEE in Mexico and its possible areas of improvement, a study was developed on the sustainable consumption and recycling of these wastes where the WEEE management schemes in Mexico and Germany were analyzed, and allowed to identify the differences and areas of opportunities. This study is aligned to the activities of the German Mexican Alliance for Climate Change project of the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development (GIZ),

Within the results of the study, there is very relevant information that allows to know how the scheme of recycling and sustainable consumption of these products is managed in Mexico and Germany; it indicated for example, that in Germany the management of this type of waste is carried out under the concept of extended responsibility, while in Mexico the shared responsibility scheme is used. In the first scheme, the responsibility of WEEE management is attributed to the manufacturers, while in the second one the responsibility is delegated to producers, importers, exporters, marketers, consumers, recyclers and authorities alike. With the application of this last management scheme, the adequate management of WEEE is indirectly discouraged, since specific obligations are not assigned to the actors.

Additionally, the study shows the operation of Mexican regulations regarding the characterization of WEEE as special handling waste, with which states and municipalities are responsible for their management and disposal through the creation of management plans. However, there are some states that do not have management plans and there is a great disparity between existing plans. This creates difficulties for the logistics chain responsible for the proper management of WEEE, as companies must adjust to each management plan separately.

Derived from these and other quite interesting results, the study shows a series of recommendations in the short, medium and long term. Among these suggestions are:

 

 

Download the study for more details on how the mechanisms of consumption and recycling of these devices work in both countries.

Palm oil has been a controversial crop in the world due to its establishment through bad practices carried out especially in Southeast Asia, which has triggered multiple socio-environmental problems. In Mexico it is a relatively young crop, with 96 thousand hectares of plantations mostly under 25 years, however, it generates an important economic spill in municipalities with high marginalization, providing 25 thousand direct jobs and 77 thousand indirect jobs in four States of the southeast of Mexico. 75% of the national production of palm oil fruits is in the hands of small producers in Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche and southern Veracruz. For these producers it is imperative to achieve sustainable production, as required by the current market, and that allows them to conserve the ecosystem services on which their way of life depends.

The IKI IBA Project in 2018 and 2019 accompanied the process of national interpretation of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO Principles and Criteria, which seek to promote the certification of environmental and social sustainability of Mexican palm oil. In addition, a collaboration with the Mexican Federation of Palm Oil was initiated (Femexpalma) to develop a training plan under the approach of sustainability certification schemes, which promotes the valuation of ecosystem services and biodiversity in the sector, and that mainly provides small producers with the tools they need for the implementation of sustainable practices.

On November 28, a workshop to detect training needs in the sector was held in Villahermosa, Tabasco, with key actors that included producers, directors of mining companies, academics and sustainability directors, where the current status of competencies in the oil palm system was discussed, the problems faced by the sector to achieve RSPO certification were identified and a map of actors that should be involved with the training plan was developed.

 

Within the framework of capacity strengthening in the subnational area, the global program “Financing Energy for Low-carbon Investment Cities Advisory Facility” (FELICITY) in collaboration with the “Program for Energy Efficiency in Buildings” (PEEB) and the consulting firm ECOLONER, held a training workshop in Mexico City to present to the political and financial leaders the benefits and the financing and tangible options in the transformation of the building sector.

The workshop took place on October 17, 2019 at Quinta Colorada, located in Bosque de Chapultepec in Mexico City, with a total of 39 participants, 19 women and 20 men, who were representing different federal agencies, like the Ministry of Environment (SEDEMA), Single Housing Registry (RUV), Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU), Electric Transportation Service (STE), Ministry of Inclusion and Social Welfare (SIBISO), National Housing Commission (CONAVI), Public Works and Services Department of the CDMX (SOBSE), Collective Transportation System Metro (STC), Ministry of Health of Mexico City (SEDESA), Federal Mortgage Society (SHF) and Energy Savings Trust (FIDE), as well as representatives of different municipalities of Mexico City.

 

Credits: Miguel Ángel Fernández, FELICITY GIZ. Representatives of the dependencies and municipalities of the GCDMX.

 

The welcome and introduction of the workshop was given by Itzel Alcérreca, Advisor to the Global FELICITY Project, who gave an overview on the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development (GIZ) and its work in Mexico, as well as its programs, main themes and global projects, concluding with an explanation about the FELICITY program and its relation to this workshop.

Likewise, Liliana Campos, PEEB technical advisor presented her program and main objectives, such as reducing the energy demand for the construction sector to a minimum level and encouraging investments in energy efficient buildings.

The workshop was led by Manuel de Diego Olmedo, representing the Econoler consultancy, who has more than 25 years of experience in consulting for energy efficiency and clean energy projects, both in the private and public sectors. His presentation covered the foundations for the financing of energy efficiency in buildings, the challenges to finance energy efficiency in buildings, large-scale policies, key financial indicators, as well as international financing options and funds.

 

Credits: Miguel Ángel Fernández, FELICITY GIZ. Manuel de Diego Olmedo, Econoler consultant, during his presentation at the Workshop on Financing Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

 

There was also the participation of Ismael Díaz, an independent consultant in public policies and international finance, who gave a presentation and a series of exercises on Finance for non-financiers.

Finally, to conclude the workshop, an evaluation of the training was carried out by the attendees where satisfactory results were obtained.

Linking climate finance and leveraging private investments for energy efficiency in buildings is the key to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

FELICITY is the initiative implemented by GIZ; with the support of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) of Germany that provides technical assistance in the preparation of projects focused on low carbon infrastructure in cities.

For more information, see the GIZ- FELICITY and PEEB sites.

This new report of the Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB) is a piece of thought and a practical guide for construction professionals. It is based on current literature and interviews with 28 subject matter experts from around the world. It also shows how digital solutions can support the transition to more energy-efficient buildings, and points out the limitations and gaps that exist.

Land degradation and desertification present great challenges for human development worldwide. It is crucial to ensure the continued provision of ecosystem services related to soil conservation, such as moderation of extreme events, prevention of erosion and maintenance of fertility to meet the needs of the growing number of inhabitants of the planet. Land degradation nowadays costs more than 10% of the annual global GDP in lost ecosystem services, such as the prevention of runoff from harmful nutrients to streams or the reduction of flood effects (IPBES 2018). This is why the Project IKI IBA, in association with the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative, agreed to carry out joint actions to boost the training of key actors in the methodology of economic valuation of the impact of land degradation, so that this information contributes with inputs to the planning and decision-making instruments in Mexico.

 

 

Credits: IKI-IBA project. View of La Providencia nanobasin, in the Mixteca, where the IKI-IBA Project supports soil erosion prevention activities.

 

Between October 28 and November 7, training was conducted on the ELD methodology for the economic valuation of soil degradation, in the cities of Oaxaca and CDMX: one for professional experts, resource managers and decision makers, and another aimed at experts with strong competencies in environmental economics. During these activities, the best options were discussed and potential partners were detected for a study of economic valuation of land degradation, highlighting the state of Oaxaca as the site with the greatest amount of base information for the Mixteca region.

 

Credits: IKI-IBA project. In the workshops NGOs, academics, and representatives of federal and state government participated.

 

Based on the results of these workshops, a collaboration proposal will be made with the government of the state of Oaxaca, so that the recommendations obtained from a potential economic valuation study of the Mixteca soils can be incorporated in the best way to the decision of management of the territory.

The ELD initiative, which is funded by BMZ, is an international collaboration that performs a global assessment of land degradation from an economic perspective. The IKI IBA Project will continue to collaborate with this initiative to achieve its objectives.

GIZ, the Municipal Government of Hermosillo through the Municipal Institute of Urban Planning and Public Space (IMPLAN) and the Mexican company CAFFENIO launched a call to present a comprehensive project for the construction of a new point of sale.

The awards took place on December  of this year, where the director of IMPLAN, Guadalupe Peñúñuri Soto, and directors of the Caffenio company presented the National Green Infrastructure Award. The Municipal Government of Hermosillo was thanked for the advances in the task to make the municipality a more sustainable place.

In this sense, the first place was for the team conformed by Glenda Angélica Saucedo Cajigas and Alejandro Armenta Tresviño, from Hermosillo, who presented a project with the following proposals: rain garden, green wall for terrace shading, replacement of simple permeable concrete with filter layer and absorption wells. It also has grass with filter layer, bike rack with special design, waste separation containers, solar domes for indoor spaces, free electric charger when applying Telsa Charging Partner and a single to double glass replacement.

The second place was obtaine by Jesús Octavio González Martínez, Martha Leticia Kawano Miranda, María Guadalupe Salomón López, Mariana Sau Galindo and Alexis Uriel Valenzuela Zazueta, also from Hermosillo. And the third place was obtained by Idalia Alejandra Estrada González, Gabriela Maldonado Enriquez and Leonardo Arturo Beneditt Jiménez from Monterrey, Nuevo León.

In the event, the General Director of Caffenio, José Antonio Díaz and the Planning and Sustainability Manager, Verenice Acedo Ruíz, applauded the initiative and argued that it was a joint learning process. They also thanked the 65 teams formed by 109 people who participated and congratulated the three winning teams.

 

 

 

 

At the beginning of 2019, the Jalisco government requested the support of GIZ to promote the development of a strategy for the integration of biodiversity in the state that will consider the following sectors: forestry, agriculture and aquaculture-fisheries. In this way, the elaboration process coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Territorial Development (SEMADET) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) from Jalisco, facilitated by the project “Mainstreaming of Biodiversity within Mexican Agriculture” (IKI IBA) and in collaboration with the French Agency for Development (AFD). As part of this initial process, diagnoses were developed to identify the opportunities and challenges of these sectors for the integration of biodiversity.

 

Credits: IKI IBA project. Workshop for the development of the Biodiversity Integration Strategy in Jalisco

 

On August ,  and , the three sectoral workshops were held, the results of each diagnosis were presented, and the actors involved worked on validating and complementing the actions detected in the diagnoses. At the state level, there are good examples that integrate biodiversity into their production processes, among them the extensive work with silvopastoral cattle raising and sustainable forest management through the inter-municipal boards. An inter-sectoral workshop was held on October  to review the strategic lines that resulted from the August workshops and to identify areas of opportunity for collaboration between the three sectors.

 

Credits: IKI IBA project. Welcome by Jorge Fernández (CONAFOR), Sergio Graf (SEMADET), Harald Lossack (GIZ), Karla Barkley (AFD), Carlos Alberto Jiménez, (SADER Jalisco).

 

Currently,the strategy is in the final phase of its elaboration, which will be presented next year, in a workshop with Jalisco’s state government and interested groups, in which it is expected to generate synergies and examples of cooperation for the integration of the biodiversity in the forestry, agricultural and aquaculture-fisheries sectors.

 

Credits: IKI IBA project. Working group in the Workshop of the aquaculture-fishing sector of Jalisco.

On November 27, 2019, the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) of Mexico announced the cap and allocation by sector of the Pilot Program of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) of Mexico. This event, carried out within the framework of the agreement that establishes the preliminary bases of the ETS pilot program published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), marks an important milestone in climate action in Mexico. Furthermore, the event represented a success for the German Cooperation for Sustainable Development (GIZ), which, through the project “Preparation of an Emissions Trading System in Mexico” (ETS in Mexico), accompanied the competent authorities in the design of the key elements of the system.

The welcome words were chaired by the Mtro. Julio Trujillo, Undersecretary of SEMARNAT; Martina Vatterodt, representative of the German embassy; Claudia Octaviano of the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC); Jaime Rodríguez by the Private Sector Studies Commission for Sustainable Development (CESPEDES); Vicente Saiso of CEMEX; and Federico López de Alba of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). Subsequently, from SEMARNAT, Yutsil Sanginés, head of the General Directorate for Climate Change Policies (DGPCC); Diana Guzmán, director of mitigation policies; and Víctor Escalona, ​​coordinator of the ETS, explained some of the technical elements that will govern the operation of the system. Finally, Vanessa Villa, a technical advisor to ETS in Mexico, related some of the work that GIZ has carried out to support the co-creation of this instrument.

 

Créditos: Periscopio Films

 

In the words of welcome, Mr. Trujillo greeted all attendees and acknowledged that, due to Mexico’s vulnerable situation in the face of climate change, it is necessary for Mexicans to act in favor of the environment. For her part, Martina Vatterodt thanked the confidence that the Mexican government placed in the GIZ, permitting its support in the design of the ETS, and stressed the importance of Mexico as a strategic partner for Germany. Claudia Octaviano reported the importance of the ETS in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the most cost-effective way and celebrated the launch of the program. Finally, Jaime Rodríguez, Vicente Saiso and Federico López de Alba gave some words of encouragement for the start of the program and showed a clear willingness of the private sector to work for sustainable development. The panel ended with Mr. Trujillo announcing the cap and sector allocation.

In a second moment, Yutsil Sanginés and Víctor Escalona explained some of the regulatory aspects of the ETS and answered questions and concerns of the participants, encouraging a constructive dialogue to solve some of the most urgent questions about the operation of the program. Afterwards, Vanessa Villa proceeded to detail some of the processes that GIZ has carried out in support of SEMARNAT for the construction of the pilot program and gave an advance on the future steps that the agency will take to support the consolidation of the operational phase. Later, Diana Guzmán and Víctor Escalona detailed the method to define the cap and allocation and some of the elements of Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) that will be necessary for the pilot program. Finally, Yutsil Sanginés thanked the participation of all the actors involved, recognized the efforts of all the people who have participated in the process and commented on some of the following steps in the pilot program. The event ended with a meal, where participants were able to share experiences and comment on some of the points of the presentation.

The design of the cap and allocation was made based on three elements: historical emissions that companies have reported to the National Emissions Registry (RENE), Mexico’s climate commitments presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and the sectorial goals agreed in the General Law of Climate Change (LGCC). With the announcement of the cap, Mexico advances in the fight against global warming and progresses towards economic growth that does not compromise future generations. With it, Mexico becomes the first country in Latin America to launch an ETS, being a pioneer and regional leader. The ETS pilot program is a symbol of joint work and the sum of efforts of the public sector, private sector and international cooperation.

Attached is a brief introductory video of the Emissions Trading System in Mexico.