Tag: Biodiversidad

As part of the efforts to continue working together with the public and private sectors to strengthen strategies for sustainable development and ecosystem protection, the Pirelli company has committed to increase its efforts to protect biodiversity by conserving 10.24 hectares of the Cuenca de la Esperanza Natural Protected Area (NPA), in addition to the 40 hectares that had already been protected by the company over the past nine years. Through this commitment, Pirelli will support the conservation of a total of 50.24 hectares, equivalent to an investment of 1.6 million pesos.

“Alliances and cooperation between the state government and the private sector are fundamental for strengthening programmes and the preservation of Guanajuato’s biodiversity,” said Maria Isabel Ortiz Mantilla, Guanajuato’s Secretary of Environment and Land Management (SMAOT).

As part of this signing, SMAOT invited the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Ana Lorena Gudiño, director of the ADAPTUR project, served as a witness for the signing of the agreement. She emphasised the importance of the document because Pirelli, in addition to protecting the state’s biodiversity, is furthering its commitment to taking climate action through ecosystem-based adaptation measures to ensure better environmental and climatic conditions for the state.

This event strengthens cross-sectoral conservation efforts and demonstrates the extent to which multi-stakeholder work ensures the protection and conservation of the state’s biological diversity, ecosystem services such as water provision, soil conservation and protection of Guanajuato’s natural capital. It also supports the development of sustainable tourism, which is a very important economic activity for NPAs such as the Cuenca de la Esperanza.

From left to right: Ana Lorena Gudiño Valdez, Director of the ADAPTUR project of GIZ Mexico; Luis Enrique Herrera Castorena, legal representative of Pirelli Neumáticos and María Isabel Ortiz Mantilla, Head of the Ministry of the Environment and Territorial Planning (SMAOT) © SMAOT

The Congress of the State of Nayarit through the commissions of Industry, Commerce and Tourism; Ecology and Environmental Protection and Economic and Social Development; in coordination with the project “Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in Cooperation with the Private Sector in Mexico” (ADAPTUR) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, held the webinar “Blue Carbon, an opportunity for a climate resilient economy”. The congressmen and congresswomen and their respective legislative teams from the other states in the Gulf of California region were invited to attend. Part of the capacity- building activities for legislative teams of local congresses, more than 45 people from Nayarit and Sonora participated.

This initiative was led by deputies Juanita González, Georgina López and Nadia Bernal, who serve as chairpersons of the commissions. They are working together to position tourism as an axis that encourages the inclusion of transcendental issues for the region in their commissions and within the State Congress. Their work aims to create a sustainable and inclusive economic recovery for everyone, focusing on the environment; natural resources; climate change and Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) measures.

The event aimed to increase the knowledge of participants on coastal-marine ecosystems; their vulnerability to climate change; their importance for the region’s biodiversity and the creation of solutions for climate action; and their relationship to economic activity within the Gulf of California region, which is essential for the tourism sector. This was done through a panel discussion between subject-matter experts that included Dr. Nélida Barajas from the Intercultural Centre for the Study of Deserts and Oceans; Mr. Luis Fueyo, a consultant specialising in oceans, biodiversity and environmental law; and the moderator, Mr. Alejandro Callejas, an international consultant specialising in biodiversity and climate change.

The meeting created linkages and multi-stakeholder dialogue between states, congresses, commissions, and legislators of the Gulf of California region, which supports work towards the enrichment of the subnational legal framework in the region. They succeeded in positioning blue carbon as an opportunity to implement EbA measures to strengthen climate action, protect the natural capital of the Gulf of California and strengthen the region’s economy by protecting the natural capital of one of the country’s major tourist attractions.

For more information, please contact Andrés Martínez, Technical Advisor of the ADAPTUR project for the Riviera Nayarit-Jalisco region.

 


Blue carbon webinar an opportunity for a climate resilient economy © Karla Ramos, GIZ ADAPTUR

International cooperation is key to achieving the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda. With the aim of strengthening dialogue and the exchange of good experiences between projects of the International Climate Initiative in Mexico (IKI), the sixth IKI project exchange workshop in Mexico was held on May 19, 2022. Eighty six people participated in the event, from public and social sectors.

The high-level event had the outstanding presence of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), the Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRICULTURA), the Ministry of Treasury and Public Credit (SHCP), the Secretary of the Environment and Territorial Planning of Guanajuato (SMAOT), as well as representatives from the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the German Embassy.

During the opening remarks, SEMARNAT and the German Embassy reiterated their common interest in cooperating within the IKI framework for the protection of the environment, the fight against climate change and the protection of biological diversity. On behalf of the BMWK and BMUV of the German Government, they reaffirmed the priority that climate change represents for the government and the importance of IKI cooperation in Mexico since 2008, in addition to mentioning the priorities of the biodiversity agenda within the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Mexican climate policy

Subsequently, representatives of the Mexican government presented the strategies and priorities of Mexico’s climate and biodiversity policy. On behalf of SEMARNAT, the General Directorate of Policies for Climate Change announced the climatic risks that are already being experienced in Mexico. In addition, he shared various actions that the Mexican government is carrying out to adapt to climate change. He agreed with the German government in putting climate justice at the forefront.

Additionally, various priorities of the climate change agenda were shared by SEDATU and AGRICULTURA, including the cross-cutting link between climate change, territorial planning and the agricultural sector.

Implementation of climate action in the transport sector

The first part of the event concluded with a panel on sustainable transport, the actions that are being developed, the challenges and opportunities to build cities and a prosperous, green and inclusive transport sector.

The panel was integrated by Francisco Ramírez, General Coordinator of Strategic Projects and Alternatives against Climate Change of the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC); David Camacho, Director of the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF); Roxana Montealegre, Director of Mobility of SEDATU; María Isabel Ortiz Mantilla, head of the SMAOT and President of the General Assembly of the National Association of State Environmental Authorities (ANAAE); and Verena Ommer from the International Climate Initiative Division of the BMWK.

In general, the panel agreed on focusing on sustainable transport, prioritising public transport, electromobility, urban efficiency and thinking about sustainable cities. The importance of working on decarbonisation routes in the transport sector and linking it to planning, public policy and land use planning instruments was emphasised. Additionally, the potential of the railway sector to achieve these purposes was commented, based on the fact that we have a network of more than 23 thousand kilometres that unite the cities of the country.

Exchange between IKI projects

There are 32 IKI projects operating in Mexico, with 21 implementing organisations and 31 implementing counterparts; bilateral projects have a budget of more than 29 million euros. In addition, new IKI projects starting in 2022 were presented, such as the Latin American Climate Asset Disclosure Initiative (LACADI); Transformative Urban Coalitions, Territorial Planning and Financial Innovation to increase Mexico’s resilience to climate change (SAbERES); CitiesAdapt – strengthening adaptation to climate change in cities; and the expansion of climate finance through the financial sector – “30 by 30 Zero”.

The participants carried out an exchange in thematic groups with the aim of identifying future synergies and the need for successful knowledge management within the IKI. They were divided into five thematic groups: cities, biodiversity, energy efficiency, climate commitments and green financing.

As a result of the working groups, there were several convergences in each area. Regarding best practices, the projects highlighted the integration of climate change and biodiversity criteria in cost-benefit analysis and projects from various sectors, as well as intersectoral cooperation and cooperation with various government orders. Regarding the potential, they pointed out the strengthening of monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems to have updated and systematised information. Regarding the challenges, they alluded to the articulation, coherence and continuity of the measures implemented by the projects over time and the strengthening of financing models. In terms of knowledge management, they pointed to the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned from implemented projects and the creation of a Community of Practice for the exchange of experiences at the local, national, regional and global levels, transversally.

The International Climate Initiative (IKI) is an important part of the German Government’s international commitments to support the implementation of international climate agreements and the protection of biodiversity. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) has been the lead agency of the IKI since 2022. The IKI collaborates with its founding department, the BMUV, and the German Federal Foreign Office.

Check out the sessions’ videos:

6th IKI Workshop: Cooperation within the IKI framework- YouTube

6th IKI Workshop: Mexican Climate Agenda – SEMARNAT – YouTube

6th IKI Workshop: Strategy and priorities of Mexico’s 2022 climate and biodiversity policy – SEDATU – YouTube

6th IKI Workshop: Strategy and priorities of Mexico’s 2022 climate and biodiversity policy – AGRICULTURA – YouTube

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