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Low-Carbon Development for Mexico (Paperback)
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To reduce the risk of climate change impacts it is necessary for
the world to lower the carbon intensity of economic development.
'Low-Carbon Development for Mexico' estimates the net costs,
greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions, and investment that would
be needed to achieve a low-carbon scenario in Mexico to the year
2030. Among the key findings of the study are the following: Energy
efficiency. Improving energy end-use efficiency in the industrial,
residential, and public sectors is the least-cost option for
reducing carbon emissions and can be achieved by accelerating
current Mexican programs and policies. Supply efficiency and
renewable energy. Mexico can lower the carbon intensity of the
economy by improving the efficiency of energy supply in the
electric power and petroleum industries, and by expanding the
adoption of renewable energy technologies such as wind, biomass,
small hydro, and geothermal. Public transport and vehicle fleet
efficiency. Transport is the largest and fastest growing
contributor of GHG emissions in Mexico, the majority of which comes
from road transport. The greatest potential for reducing transport
emissions lies with improving the quality and efficiency of urban
transport, including more efficient vehicles and the design and
organization of cities and public transport systems. Forestry
significant potential with large co-benefits. Measures to reduce
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), along
with afforestation and commercial plantations, are among the
largest GHG mitigation options in Mexico, and could provide
numerous social and environmental benefits in rural areas. By
undertaking a limited number of low-carbon interventions that are
technologically and financially viable today, Mexico could hold
carbon emissions relatively constant over the coming two decades
while maintaining a vigorous rate of economic and social
development. The costs of such a program would be relatively
modest, but would require a range of regulatory and institutional
changes to achieve, especially in the energy and transport
sectors."
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