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This March, more than 80 officials from Mexico’s states responded to the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) call and were trained in the use and promotion of the Subnational Climate Action Monitoring System (SIAT-Subnational).

The system was built with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ Mexico) GmbH, and its objective is to measure, report and evaluate government climate action efforts implemented in the country, both adaptation to climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHG). By tracking the efforts on the matter, each official will be able to contribute and access the subnational governments’ technical knowledge regarding climate action.

 

subnational officials work on building technical capacities through training. © GIZ

Through the SIAT-Subnational, climate and environmental policy tasks throughout the country will benefit from an updated, and dynamic repository of the subnational administrations contributions to national and international objectives to address the climate crisis. Likewise, it leads to the establishment of a cost-effectiveness reference framework that enables the entire Federation to qualify, modify and replicate the different policies implemented.

At the subnational level, the system facilitates the creation of a good practices network for common problems, encouraging key actors to share their innovations, improve their implementation processes and nurture methodologically standardised learning throughout the country.

Finally, the training and use of the system are also part of a significant victory for citizens, who now have access to an updated, robust, methodologically uniform, and official tool to monitor public actions that seeks to transcend administrations.

All of these makes the training a milestone in the construction of comprehensive instruments aimed at achieving the climate, environmental and social commitments adopted both within the country through all levels of government, as well as with the international community and future generations.

States and regions play a critical role in achieving green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. These jurisdictions are closest to the communities and have a great opportunity to link economic recovery measures with environmental considerations.

The Climate Footprint Project, which supports the governments of Baja California, Jalisco and Yucatan to improve their greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and monitoring efforts, has recognized the importance of adapting to the current crisis. It seeks to demonstrate the importance of Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems in providing the data that will allow state governments to assess the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of climate actions. Furthermore, this will help to highlight one of the most important results we have been able to see so far: the mainstreaming of climate change.

In the face of travel restrictions and large group meetings, the project has reinvented itself to achieve its goals. A concrete example is the Jalisco experience, where a series of technical webinars have been developed with the different Ministries that form part of the mitigation group at the state’s Inter-Institutional Action Commission on Climate Change, as part of the capacity-building offered by the project. For one month – online – representatives from each Ministry have joined working groups to continue mainstreaming climate change in their entities.

Credits: The Climate Group. Webinar-Presentation System for monitoring climate actions at the sub-national level with GIZ (May 19).

Through interactive tools, the team facilitated work sessions to develop and identify mitigation actions and indicators that lead towards monitoring a future green recovery. Similar work will be done in the states of Yucatan and Baja California. In parallel, the “From Follow-up to Action” series of peer-to-peer forums will begin shortly, providing another opportunity for state governments to learn virtually.

 

Credits: The Climate Group. Virtual working group – Jalisco transport sector.

 

The project Huella Climática is led by The Climate Group as a ministry of Coalición Under2, and supports state and regional governments in Mexico, Brazil, India, and South Africa. Its main objectives are:

  • To provide a customized package of technical assistance and training for states to improve their capabilities and knowledge on Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems;
  • To align regional MRV systems with national and local efforts in order to promote integrated climate action through dialogs between national, state, regional and local governments, and align climate actions at all levels of government;
  • To promote knowledge exchange and the reproduction of good practices at an international level through case studies and peer forums, among others.

Die Umsetzung der von Mexiko eingegangenen Klimaverpflichtungen (NDCs) erfordert, dass die mexikanischen Bundesländer gemeinsam an einem Strang ziehen/ihren Beitrag leisten in den Bereichen Minderung und Anpassung. Zur Stärkung der Kapazitäten der Bundesländer und ihrer Beiträge zu den nationalen Klimazielen (NDCs) wurde ein erster regionaler Workshop organisiert.

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Mexiko macht Inventur – mit einem nationalen Emissionsregister will sich das Land eine bessere Übersicht verschaffen, welcher Wirtschaftssektor wie viele Treibhausgase ausstößt. Die Mexikanisch-Deutsche Klimaallianz unterstützt private und öffentliche Unternehmen dabei, der neuen Berichtspflicht gerecht zu werden.

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