Mexico to bring its climate adaptation policy to COP31
It will present ADAPTA MX 1.0, co-lead talks with Poland on a just transition and open its first pavilion of its own in more than 12 years.
Mexico is heading into the COP31 climate summit with two concrete bets: unveiling its national climate adaptation policy and co-leading, with Poland, the ministerial talks on a just transition. The Foreign Affairs Ministry (SRE) and the Environment Ministry (Semarnat) laid out the plan Tuesday in a joint statement, in which the government "reaffirms its commitment to multilateralism."
The UN climate conference runs Nov. 9-20 in Antalya, Türkiye. Semarnat is sending its undersecretary for sustainable development and the circular economy, José Luis Samaniego Leyva. The SRE is represented by Enrique Ochoa Martínez, undersecretary for multilateral affairs and human rights. Officials from the Finance and Energy ministries and the national climate research institute, INECC, are also in the delegation.
Mexico will also have a pavilion of its own, its first in more than 12 years.
On just transition, Mexico and Poland will run the ministerial consultations. The goal is a mechanism to help economies move toward lower emissions. It is one of the conference's main negotiating tracks, and facilitating it gives Mexico a voice in the talks.
The adaptation policy, ADAPTA MX 1.0, is the first version of Mexico's National Climate Change Adaptation Policy. It has 33 measures aimed at droughts and torrential rains and was drawn up over 7 regional workshops. It comes with an initial risk assessment and a National Platform for Climate Risks and Adaptation, which the federal government plans to use to organize its response to both hazards.
The rest of the agenda covers cutting emissions, addressing loss and damage, widening access to finance and technology, recognizing the role of the ocean and building partnerships to meet the Paris Agreement. Mexico will also share progress on its NDC 3.0, its national climate pledge under that accord. The statement does not spell out its targets.
The summit ends Nov. 20.
