CTS-México will help guide a transport-related policy roadmap for Mexico's carbon future. Photo by alex-s.

The Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico (CTS-México) will contribute its findings about sustainable urban transport and climate change mitigation to Mexico's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change, a detailed account of the country's carbon emissions, removal of greenhouse gases, and other details about the government's efforts to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The U.N.'s "national communications" -- detailed documents that contain up to 300 pages of data and reporting -- help guide national policies on climate change, reflecting the participation of both the public and private sector.

Mexico's National Institute of Ecology (INE) invited CTS-México to share its input on studying, mitigating and adapting to climate change. CTS-México will provide information from its low-carbon scenario analysis, known locally as MEDEC, conducted for the transport sector in 2008 as part of The World Bank's Investment Framework for Clean Energy and Development.

The Center will also contribute its findings from two other ongoing projects: “Low Carbon Competitive Cities,” which promotes urban densification strategies that allow cities to save money and reduce carbon emissions, and "Toward the Creation of a Cap and Trade Market for the Mexican Auto Industry,” which promotes new national vehicle fuel efficiency standards through the design a of a cap-and-trade market in Mexico.

Did You Know?

Mexico first National Communication was published in 1997, the second in 2001 and the third in 2006.

Read It:

"Mexico's third national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change." Download here: English, Spanish.

From the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.