This document discusses urban and housing policy in Mexico, including sustainable strategies and instruments. It outlines Mexico's population growth and urbanization challenges, and opportunities to build more efficient communities. National Appropriate Mitigation Actions are proposed for housing and urban development to strengthen policy and support economic and social development through technology transfer. Housing and Urban NAMA implementation pilot projects have commenced in multiple Mexican cities to reduce demand for services and improve emissions efficiency at the community level through a "whole house approach" and "umbrella concept".

1. Urban and
Housing National
Policy
COP19/CMP9
United Nations
Climate Change Conference
Warsaw 2013
November 2013

2. CONTENT
I.
Context:
Urban and housing reality in Mexico
II.
Urban and housing national policy:
Challenges, strategies and instruments
III. Sustainable strategies
IV. Instruments for controlling the growth of
urban sprawl

3. Sustainable Strategies
Creating a new urban development model
1. New model of urban
and metropolitan
development
4. Land Management
2. Dignified and
sustainable housing
5. Regional sustainable
development and
territorial management
3. Sustainable mobility
Incentives
(loans and subsidies)
alligned towards this
new model.
6. Disaster risk
reduction
Expected Results: Consolidate competitive, sustainable, livable cities, in
which housing not only represents the main asset of a family, but also their
access to a wider set of education, health, recreation and job opportunities,
that allow them to improve their overall quality of life.

4. National Appropriated Mitigation Actions (NAMA)
• Refers to a set of policies and actions that countries undertake as part of a
commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the Mexican case, will
strengthen the public policy.
• Different countries may take different nationally appropriate actions on the
basis of equity and in accordance with common but differentiated
responsibilities and respective capabilities.
•
Developing countries will effectively implement national action depends on
the effective implementation of the commitments by developed countries in
provision of financial resources and transfer of technology.
•
The priorities of developing countries are economic and social development,
and technological transfer that will support the actual market in Mexico

5. What is the challenge?
Population growth and Urbanization in Mexico will drive emissions
growth
There is an opportunity now to ensure that the communities built over
the coming decade will be energy, waste, and water efficient.
Urban & Rural Population in Less Developed Countries 1950-2050

6. Housing NAMA Implementation / Pilot Projects
Actions commenced
in 2012 and will
continue through
2013
Taking in consideration the modification or notes from
Phase One included in the Housing NAMA (New
houses) document derivate from previous phase.
Implementation - Cities and developers:
• Aguascalientes (GEO and SADASI); Cancún and
Playa del Carmen (HOMEX and SADASI);
Guadalajara (HERSO), Hermosillo (DEREX);
Monterrey (SADASI); Morelia (HERSO);
Tecamac, (VINTE);
Huehuetoca, Acapulco, Monterrey (ARA).
Extremely dry hot
Hot and humid
Extremely hot and humid
Mild
Cold mild

7. Urban NAMA

The Urban NAMA covers community scale mitigation actions applied for
new, green field residential communities across Mexico
 To reduce demand for delivered services,
 To improve the emissions efficiency of delivered services.
“Umbrella Concept”
NAMA boundary by Sector
 Total energy
 Fuel consumption
 Water consumption
at the
community
level

8. Urban NAMA, USCO Concept

9. NAMA for sustainable housing retrofit
 Conceptual Design of the NAMA
 Contribute to achieve a substantial
reduction of energy consumption
 Facilitate a holistic and systematic
approach to energy efficient
refurbishment of the building stock
“ whole
house
approach”