Transcript Diapositiva 1

COMITÉ INTERSECRETARIAL
SOBRE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO
Sustainable Energy Roundtable:
Next Steps Post-Kyoto: Options for
the U.S. Relationship to an
International Climate Change Regime
A perspective from the Developing World,
The Case of Mexico
Carlos A. de la Parra,
Minister of Environment
Embassy of Mexico
Sustainable Energy Institute,
March 30, 2005
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Mexico’s Position
Main tenets:
• Reduce GHG emissions & develop renewable
energy alternatives
• Build-up of GHGs/Climate Change well documented
& leads to greatest suffering in the poorest regions
of the World
• A new development model non-reliant on GHG
emissions
Percentage of Global Emissions of GHG
0
Emissions of 6 gases
Pakistán
Argentina
Arabia Saudita
Turquia
Polonia
España
Sudáfrica
Irán
Australia
Indonesia
Francia
México
Ucrania
Corea Sur
Italia
Reino Unido
Canadá
Brasil
Alemania
Japón
India
Rusia
UE (25)
China
EUA
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The 25 Greatest Emitter Countries for GHG, 2000
25
20
15
10
5
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Mexico’s concrete Actions to Control
Climate Change
•Intersecretarial Commission on Climate Change.
•Participation in CDM (Clean Development Mechanisms): National
Committee that certifies rpojects
• National Strategy on Actions to Control Climate Change
•National Inventory of Emissions (GHG) & Third National
Communication.
• A voluntary monitoring and reporting program based on WRI’s &
WBCSD’s Protocol.
• 18 research projects related to climate change through the
SEMARNAT-CONACyT sectorial finds.
• Multilateral collaboration.
• Methane-to-Market Initiative.
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Estimated
Reduction
Number
1000 TONS CO2 eq.
CDM Projects
Small hydroelectric plants
6
263
Wid power plants.
6
1,626
Biomass digestion plants.
5
1,394
Landfill Methane recovery plants.
7
600
Methane recovery in Coal Mines.
1
2000
Carbon sequestration in Forestry.
9
1,310
Carbon undeground and soil storage .
1
n.d.
Transportation
1
450
Energy efficiency and re-engineering
4
2,100
HFC-22 Incineration (from CFC Mfr)
1
2,712
Aprox. 12 M tons CO2/yr