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1. Institutional arrangements and political
issues: the case of México
June 2013, Manaus, Brazil
Carmen Gómez Lozano
National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR)
cgomez@conafor.gob.mx

2. 1. Legislative framework
1. The vision of Mexico about REDD+
2. Institutional arrangements
1. Interministerial Commission of Climate Change (CICC)
2. Technical Consultant Group of REDD+ (CTC REDD+)
3. REDD+ process in México
1. National strategy of REDD+
2. Early actions
Content

3. General framework
• General Law on Climate Change (2012)
• National Climate Change Strategy (2013)
• National Strategy for REDD+ (in process)
• The vision of Mexico about REDD+ (2010)
PublicPolicy
• Interministerial Commission on Climate Change (CICC) (2009)
• National Climate Change System (in process)
• National GHG Inventory (INECC), National Register (in process)
• Three years to establish federal executive MRV system
• Climate Change Fund (in process)
• Regulations and Standard
• Option to create an emissions trading scheme
Institutional
arrengement
s
Financial
mechanism

4. 1. Lesgislative framework
Bloque 4: REDD+ en México
General Law on Climate Change (LGCC)
¿What? Public policies and strategies for the national climate change actions.
¿Who?
Congress
Year:2012
National Climate Change Strategy (ENCC)
¿What? Implementation mechanism for the general law on climate change
¿Who? CICC
(Environmental
Ministry, focal
agency)
Year: 2013
National Strategy of REDD+ (ENAREDD+)
¿What? Main document that porpoise strategies and policies to avoid deforestation,
degradation and enhancement of carbon stocks
¿Who?: CICC
(CONAFOR focal
agency)
Year: in process
2010 (COP16, Cancun): Aspiration document
The vision of Mexico about REDD+
9/22

5. 1.1The vision: aspiration
goals
• REDD+ strategy is part of the
Sustainable Rural Development.
- Alignment of rural public
policies (forestry and
agriculture)
- A territorial approach and not
just sector based
-Strengthening community
forestry management
For 2020:
• Transiting to a zero percent carbon
loss in original forest ecosystems.
• Increasing carbon stocks
• More than 100 people contributed on
this document

6. 2.1 Institutional arrangements:
Interministerial Climate Change Commission
(CICC)
Bloque 4: REDD+ en México
Grupo de
Trabajo de
Mitigación
GT MITIG
Grupo de
Trabajo de
Políticas de
Adaptación
GT ADAPT
Grupo de
Trabajo de
Negociaciones
Internacionales
GT INT
Comité Mexicano para
proyectos de reducción de
emisiones y de captura de
gases de efecto
invernadero
COMEGEI
Grupo de Trabajo de
Reducción de Emisiones
por Deforestación y
Degradación forestal
GT REDD
10/22

7. Bloque 4: REDD+ en México
• SAGARPA, SALUD, SCT, SE, SEDESOL, SEGOB,
SEMARNAT (coordinates), SENER, SHCP, SER
(SECTUR, INEGI)
CICC
• SEMARNAT – CONAFOR
(coordinates), CONABIO, CONANP,
CONAGUA, IMTA, INE, CBMM
GT REDD
•NGO: AMBIO, RED MOCAF, CCMSS (preside
el CTC REDD), WWF, PRONATURA SUR,
NATURA, UNOFOC, TNC, CEMDA, SAO, RITA,
CEIBA, DMCN, GREENPEACE
•Academy: ECOSUR, COLPOS, CIGA-UNAM,
•Government institutions: CDI CCDI
CTC REDD+
Advisors
Advisors
11/22
Federalinstitutions
NGO,academy,
governement
2.1 Institutional arrangements:
Technical Consultant Committee of REDD+
(CTCREDD+)

8. CIDRS
Federal
level
State
level
Local
level
CTC REDD+ GT ATREDDGT REDD+
National
Strategy
CTC EstatalComisión
Intersecret
arial
Consejos
de DRS
States
strategies
Stockeholders
participations
Project
implementation
CICC
SAGARPA, SEDESOL,
SEMARNAT, SCT, SE, SENER
SER Y SHCP
SAGARPA, SEDESOL, SRA,
SSA, SEMARNAT, SCT, SE,
SENER SER Y SHCP
Agente
técnico
Bloque 4: REDD+ en México
12/22
2. Institutional arrangements
Climate change
arrangements
Rural development
arrangements
Platforms of participtaion
and alignemt

9. 3. REDD+ process in México
2008
• CONAFOR is the focal agency for REDD+.
2009
• It is created de Interministerial Climate Change Commission (CICC)
• It is created a Work group REDD+ (GT-REDD) inside of the CICC.
2010
• It is created a Technichal Consultant Commite of REDD+ (CTC REDD+), advices the GT-REDD
• It is published the “The visión of México about REDD”.
2011
• Working Group of Early Actions REDD+(GT-AT ) is created in the en la Commission
Interministerial rural sustainable development Commission
• CTCs in the States are created
• Draft of the National Strategy of REDD+
2012
• Draft of the Strategy of comunication
• Design of a proposal for consultation protocol.
2013
• Expected to get last draft of the National Strategy and consultation protocol

10. Capacity building and
national strategy
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3
Implementation of public
policies
Payment by results
Financial support: FCPF for the
RPP
Financial support:
FIP
Norweign – Mexico project for MRV
French Development Agency (AFD)
and Spanish Agency for
International Cooperation and
Developement (ECID) for Early
Action REDD+
Multi and bilaterales
Finance:
Not yet
Expectatives: Carbon Fund and
Forest Bond
7/22
3. REDD+ process in México

11. 3.1 National strategy of
REDD+
Components (last draft, 2012):
– .Alignment of public policies
– Financial mechanisms
– Institutional arrangements and capacity building
– RL
– MRV
– Safeguards
– Communication, social participation y transparency.

12. 3.2 Early actions REDD+

13. Gracias!
For more information about
National Strategy of REDD+:
Jaime Severino Romo
Jaime.severino@conafor.gob.mx
About Norweign – Mexico project
(MRV system):
Lucio Andrés Santos
lsantos@conafor.gob.mx