Institutional arrangements and political

issues: the case of México

June 2013, Manaus, Brazil

Carmen Gómez Lozano National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR)

cgomez@conafor.gob.mx

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

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) Pu

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• 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

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1. Lesgislative framework

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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+

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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

2.1 Institutional arrangements: Interministerial Climate Change Commission

(CICC)

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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

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• 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+

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2.1 Institutional arrangements: Technical Consultant Committee of REDD+

(CTCREDD+)

CIDRS

Federal level

State level

Local level

CTC REDD+ GT ATREDD GT REDD+

National Strategy

CTC Estatal Comisión Intersecretarial

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

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Climate change arrangements

Rural development arrangements

Platforms of participtaion and alignemt

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

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

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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.

3.2 Early actions REDD+

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