http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/26/mexicos-climate-change-law/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/26/mexicos-climate-change-law/comment-page-1/#comment-146633 George Torrichelli Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:49:45 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28277#comment-146633 I have mixed feelings about this. First off, it would be a huge challenge for the country, as it is still such a hydrocarbon-dependent economy with gigantic commitments to hydrocarbon industry infrastructure. I find it highly questionable that renewable/clean energy will ever have a huge imprint in Mexico

]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/26/mexicos-climate-change-law/comment-page-1/#comment-64824 Marina Schurr Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:27:06 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28277#comment-64824 It is very important that the major developing countries start to internalize the need of rethinking development and growth in a greener and safer way and doind so by establishing national laws in essential.
But I would like to correct something mentioned in the article: Mexico was not the first developing country to addopt a national regulation regarding climate change, as Brazil had its National Policy on Climate Change approved in 2009 and is now (2012) establishing its sector plans to coop with the GHG emissions reductions established by the national policy. The National Policy, by the way, was the product of a intense engagement of academia, government and civil society representatives that came up with the document that later on was going to be appoved.

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