• Mexico will enhance its nationally determined contribution (NDC) target from a 22% to a 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
• The Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Martha Delgado, discussed Mexico's progress on climate action during the COP27 ministerial roundtable.

At the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Martha Delgado, presented the position of the Mexican government at the ministerial roundtable.

Undersecretary Delgado highlighted the challenge that climate change represents for Mexico and the world. She reported that, in accordance with the instruction of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico committed to enhancing its unconditional NDC target from a 22% to a 35% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030.

Included in this announcement, which Mexico will formally send to the Convention as part of the NDC update, are the following priorities. Mexico will:

• Add 105 GW of clean energy, which means doubling the production of this type of energy

• Capture 98% of methane gas emissions in oil wells

• Add two million hectares of new protected natural areas

• Reforest 1.5 million hectares with more than 1.1 billion trees through the Sembrando Vida (Sowing Life) program

• Propose the construction of hydrogen plants

• Implement an ambitious strategy for energy efficiency, electromobility and electrification of transportation

On renewable energy, the Undersecretary reported that the Sonora Development Plan was presented; its aim is to create a sustainable ecosystem to attract investment in solar plants for renewable energy and to promote the lithium industry for the automotive sector.

The Undersecretary stressed that it is essential to limit global warming to 1.5°C in this decade. She listed the actions that have been taken to boost Mexico's climate ambition, including: the Implementation Strategy for a Sustainable Ocean Economy; the Mexico-U.S. Transportation Electrification Task Force; and the National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change. She reiterated Mexico's commitment to including a focus on human rights, gender equality, interculturality and intergenerational equity in all climate action.

Lastly, on behalf of Mexico, Martha Delgado called on all parties to work together to address our global challenges and to trust in multilateralism as the way to manage them.

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