Mexico - Low-Carbon Development : Main Report

This study analyzes a range of energy efficiency options available in Mexico, including supply-side efficiency improvements in the electric power and oil and gas industries and demand-side electricity efficiency measures to limit high-growth energy-consuming activities, such as air conditioning and refrigeration. It also evaluates a range of renewable energy options that make use of the country's vast wind, solar, biomass, hydro, and geothermal resources. But low-carbon (CO2) development is not only about energy production and consumption. In Mexico one of the most important sources of greenhouse gas emissions continues to be emissions from deforestation. The rate of deforestation has fallen steadily in Mexico over the past decades. Expanded programs for forest management, wildlife conservation, and efforts to increase the stock of forests can provide needed employment in rural areas and help make Mexican forests net absorbers of CO2 in the coming years. A fundamental question often asked about low-cost mitigation options is why they are not already being undertaken. As the study shows, the availability of commercial technology and even low financial costs is often not enough to overcome barriers related to institutional and knowledge gaps, regulatory and legal constraints, or societal norms. Inability to surmount these 'transactions costs' is typically at the root of the problem of why supposedly low-cost actions are not undertaken. To partially overcome this dilemma, one of the explicit criteria used in this study for identifying low-carbon measures was that they had already been implemented on some scale in Mexico or in a similar economy outside of Mexico. In order to mainstream low-carbon development, a package of new stimuli will be needed, including public and consumer education and training, public demonstrations, standards and regulations, and financial incentives.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2009-01-01
Subjects:	ACID, ACID RAIN, AFFORESTATION, AFFORESTATION PROJECTS, AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS, AIR, AIR CONDITIONING, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR POLLUTION, AIR QUALITY, AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, ANNUAL EMISSIONS, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS, AVERAGE FLEET AGE, BASELINE EMISSIONS, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS ENERGY, BIRD SPECIES, BOTTLENECKS, BUS, BUS SYSTEM, CALCULATION, CAP EMISSIONS, CARBON ASSESSMENTS, CARBON COSTS, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON ECONOMY, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON INTENSITY, CARBON MARKET, CARBON MITIGATION, CARBON PATH, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON STOCKS, CARBON TECHNOLOGIES, CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, CHEMICALS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CO, CO2, COAL, COAL OIL, COLORS, COMBUSTION, COMMERCIAL FISHING, COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS, COST OF CARBON, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, DEGREE DAYS, DIESEL, DIESEL FUEL, DROUGHT, ECOSYSTEM, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, EMISSION, EMISSION FACTOR, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION REDUCTION TARGET, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSION SCENARIOS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS CONTROL, EMISSIONS ESTIMATES, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS FROM ELECTRIC, EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY, EMISSIONS FROM ENERGY PRODUCTION, EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK, EMISSIONS FROM POWER GENERATION, EMISSIONS GROWTH, EMISSIONS REDUCTION, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS SCENARIO, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY SOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ETHANOL, EXTERNALITIES, FERTILIZERS, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FINANCIAL RISK, FOREST, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST FIRES, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PRODUCTS, FORESTRY, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL USE, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FREIGHT, FREIGHT SYSTEMS, FREIGHT TRAINS, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FUEL CONSUMPTION, FUEL COST, FUEL COSTS, FUEL ECONOMY, FUEL OIL, FUEL PRICES, FUEL QUALITY, FUEL TYPE, FUGITIVE EMISSIONS, GAS CONSUMPTION, GAS FLARING, GAS PRODUCTION, GAS SECTOR, GAS TURBINE, GASOLINE, GENERATION CAPACITY, GHG, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMITTER, GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, GREENHOUSE GASES, HIGH ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INSPECTION, IPCC, IRON, LAND USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LANDFILL, LIGHT TRUCKS, LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LNG, LOCAL AIR POLLUTANTS, LOCAL AIR POLLUTION, LOCAL AIR QUALITY, LOW-CARBON, MARGINAL ABATEMENT, MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST, METHANE, MILEAGE, MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, NATURAL GAS, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN OXIDES, NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORT, NOX, O&M, OIL EQUIVALENT, OIL INDUSTRY, PARTICLES, PARTICULATES, PASSENGERS, PETROCHEMICALS, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PM10, POPULATION GROWTH, POWER PLANTS, POWER SUPPLY, PRECIPITATION, PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC UTILITIES, RAILWAY, RAPID TRANSIT, RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS, RATE OF DEFORESTATION, REDUCTIONS IN TRAFFIC, REDUCTIONS IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RETROFITTING, ROAD, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROUTES, SINK, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SO2, SOIL CARBON, SOLAR POWER, STREET LIGHTING, SULFATE, SULFUR, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SUSTAINABLE FOREST, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TAX, TEMPERATURE, TOLL, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT POLICIES, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAVEL TIME, TRIP, TRIPS, TROPICAL STORMS, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, VEHICLE EFFICIENCY, VEHICLE FLEET, VEHICLE FUEL, VEHICLE FUEL ECONOMY, VEHICLES, WATER QUALITY, WIND, WIND POWER, WOODY BIOMASS,
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