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Challenges of Mexico to Face Climate Change

2011; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-17958-7_10

1863-5539

Tereza Cavazos,

Climate change impacts on agriculture

This article discusses some of the challenges that Mexico is facing on climate change issues. Mexico's leadership on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Conference of the Parties 16 (COP16) celebrated in Cancun, Mexico on December 2010 was a real challenge. In spite of the low expectations of this climate summit, a multilateral agreement was signed by the Parties. The major outcomes of the Cancun Agreement are described here. Funding derived from this agreement is expected to flow (hopefully) soon to underdeveloped countries to support mitigation and adaptation strategies. However, even if Mexico receives international funding through the Cancun Agreement, there are some major challenges that need to be resolved: (1) to understand the causes and impacts of climate change at regional scale and in different sectors, (2) to be able to identify adequate and feasible adaptation and mitigation strategies to build a more resilient country, and (3) to the have the financial support and the political will to implement them at regional scale by order of social importance.