Mexico

Policies and Plans

• In 2020, an Intersecretarial Commission approved the Special Program of Climate Change 2020-2024 and endorsed the Mexico’s commitments to the Paris Agreement which include the goal to reduce emissions of black carbon.
• In 2018, the Sixth National Communication on Climate Change outlined Mexico's actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and short-lived climate pollutants and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
• The 2018 report Mitigation Actions Proposals by 2030 outlined consequential actions for the oil and gas, transport, waste, industry, household energy, and agriculture sectors.
• The 2018 Short-lived Climate Forcers report was published which both outlined the importance of mitigation of SLCPs and laid out Mexico’s timeline of actions to effectively do so.
• In 2015, at the Yucatan Peninsula Regional Comission on Climate Change the governments of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo (states that make up the Yucatan Peninsula), created a regional partnership which established the institutional framework for implementing regional public policies on climate change.
• In 2015, Mexico became the first developing country to submit a climate pledge to the Paris Climate Change Conference, which included greenhouse gas and Black Carbon reductions of 25 percent by 2030.
• The 2012 General Law on Climate Change proposed reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of 22 percent by 2030 and of Black Carbon emissions of 51 percent. The law was then revised in 2018.

Air Quality

• In 2017, a programme to improve air quality in Mexico City established six strategic lines and 38 actions that require the active participation of all sectors to mitigate black carbon.
• In 2017, Campeche joined BreatheLife with a focus on sustainable development measures that include increased green space, better bicycle accommodation, walking paths, and long-term plans for efficient mass transit.
• In 2016, Jalisco State joined BreatheLife and created an 11-point action plan on climate change and air quality. It also created a vehicle registration updating process to get high-polluting vehicles off the road, apply more rigorous testing procedures, and impose higher penalties for failure to comply.  A “Green Plate” program gives state subsidized financial incentives to all electric and hybrid vehicles and they’re in the process of creating largest green fund in Mexico.
• In 2018, Morelos joined BreatheLife and introduced the ProAire Programme which addressed eight areas of energy consumption that include energy efficiency, public transport promotion, institutional capacity building, and scientific research
•  In 2013, Mexico City won the 2013 C40 and Siemens Climate Leadership Awards’ Air Quality category for ProAire IV, the most recent phase of its ProAire programme.

Energy

• In 2020, Mexico continued the process of developing and implementing federal regulations to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, becoming the first country in Latin America to do so.
• In 2019, Mexico issued guidelines for transfer stations, transport operations, and distribution of hydrocarbons through pipelines that included a zero-tolerance policy for Methane emissions from non-emergency venting.
• In 2019, Mexico held four workshops to familiarize industry leaders with the country’s Methane Guidelines and help them better implement them.
• In 2018, Mexico published guidelines for the prevention and control of methane emissions from the hydrocarbon sector including mandating that facilities develop protocols to control methane emissions by identifying and measuring all sources of methane. It is the first action of its kind in Latin America.
• In 2018, Mexico published environmental protection guidelines for the design, operation, and dismantling of liquified natural gas that included provisions that will help with methane control, such as inspection and maintenance provision and detectors for gas leaks.
• In 2018, Mexico developed official standards for transporting natural gas that included regular inspection components and guidelines for monitoring, detecting, and classifying leaks.

Energy Efficiency and HFCs

• In 2019, energy efficiency and user safety requirements were established for air conditioners, including minimum levels of energy efficiency for room air conditioners sold in the national market.
• In 2018, the Ministry of Energy of Mexico and the National Commission on Energy Efficiency in collaboration with Autonomous University of Mexico State developed an online diploma training on energy efficiency for municipal services focused on local governments.
• In 2018, Mexico established an energy efficiency standard for split air conditioners and established the minimum level of seasonal energy efficiency ratio that must be met by divided air conditions.
• In 2017, the Energy Efficiency Roadmap was published as a part of the Energy Transition Law mandate. The Roadmap was published in January 2017 and contains 66 energy efficiency actions and the stakeholders, technical resources, and timeline required to accomplish them.
• In 2017, the Excellence in Energy Efficiency Pilot Project E4 Programme started voluntary labelling of products and buildings that comply with the highest standards of energy efficiency, which was based on Energy Star methodology.
• In 2015, the Energy Transition Law established recognition of excellence in energy efficiency as a voluntary process of certification.

Transport

• In 2018, heavy-duty vehicle emission standards were updated allowing either U.S. 2004 or EURO IV equivalent standards until June 2019, new AA and B standards until Jan 2019, with the option for compliance with AA standards allowing equivalent with either Euro V or US 2007 ending in December 2020.
• In 2016, Fuel Quality standards limited sulphur in gasoline and diesel
• In 2016, Mexico City joined mayors of Paris and Madrid in a pledge to ban diesel vehicles by 2025.

Brick sector
  

• In 2020, Mexico, with support from the CCAC, developed the first low-emission multi-chamber kiln for the artisanal brick sector in the areas affected by the 2017 earthquake.
• In 2018, Mexico prepared a study on developing a business model to modernize the traditional brick sector of brick production and reduce SLCP emissions.
• In 2017, Mexico prepared a market analysis to support transformational projects in the brick-making sector.