This Post was submitted by Climate Scorecard Mexico Country Manager Pablo David Necoechea Porras Mexico’s sole nuclear power plant is located in Veracruz, an eastern region known as the Oil Basin and Gulf Lowlands. The Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, owned by the state company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), began commercial operations in 1990...
Submitted By Climate Scorecard Mexico Country Manager Pablo David Necoechea Porras This text aims to identify the most significant obstacles Mexico faces in combatting climate change and reaching the country’s Climate Commitment Goals of reducing emissions by 22% in 2030 and 50% in 2050. Scientific evidence and environmental impacts recorded by recent events have changed the...
This Post was submitted by Climate Scorecard Mexico Country Manager Pablo David Necoechea Porras Mexico Has Shown Little Interest in Reducing Emissions and Updating Its Paris Agreement Pledge According to the International Energy Agency, in 2018, Mexico had 448.45 Mt. of CO2 emissions, representing +74.52% from 1990. However, on the Secretariat of Government, the Mexican...
This Post was submitted by Climate Scorecard Mexico Country Manager Pablo David Porras Necoechea Mexico City and its surrounding metropolitan area have evolved into a megacity. Despite the tremendous social, economic, and environmental problems that challenge every sizeable urban region, Mexico City has set an example by working towards climate change. In 2015, it committed...
By Climate Scorecard Mexico Country Manager Sara Zetune Pronatura Pronatura México AC is a national NGO dedicated to the conservation and resilience of biodiversity and environmental services that contribute to the construction of a just and equitable society in harmony with nature. Pronatura was created in 1981 and since then they have become a reference...
This Post was submitted by Climate Scorecard Mexico Country Manager Sara Zetune Image Source: Illumexico Distributed solar power generation for residential use has been, until now, a feasible option that only high electricity consumers choose. Even during a pandemic the distributed generation interconnection contracts submitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) increased from 1,031.59 MW...
Mexico recently published its 2020 National Determined Contribution (NDC), which leaves us a bit perplexed since it lacks ambition and would set the country far from meeting the 50% mitigation target by 2030 suggested by the UNFCCC. To achieve this goal, political interest must be met with abatement potential and cost-effective solutions.These NDCs include an...
A country’s energy generation capacity is influenced directly by its location and available natural resources; that is what makes Mexico such an opportunistic country to acquire multiple energy sources to power its electric grid. It currently uses most of the energy sources available to it, except tidal, wave, and hydrogen. According to IEA, Mexico consumed 285...
Recently Reported Greenhouse Gas Emissions Level: Estimated 767 Megatons in 2020 Compared 440 Megatons in 1990 Climate Action Tracker’s research and the below graph indicate the CO2 emissions levels for Mexico for the last 30 years. Since the 1990s the country has increased its contributions of CO2 consistently from 440 MtCO2e to 767 MtCO2e in...
According to Jorge Rickards, Director of WWF Mexico, urban centers are key for the creation of solutions and environmental policies to address climate change given they are responsible for 70% of CO2 emissions globally. Mexico City‘s Program for Climate Action 2020-2026 is a strong example of courses of action cities can take to improve reforestation,...
