global warming in mexico
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Background of Mexico:Background of Mexico:
Mexico is officially known as the United Mexican States
Is a federal constitutional republic in North America (it is where the head of state and other official representatives of the people govern according to existing constitutional laws which limits the governments power over the citizens)
The head and other officials are chosen by election rather than inheriting their positions
Federation comprising of 31 states , Mexico City is the federal district and capital city
LocationLocation
Global Warming IssuesGlobal Warming Issues::Deforestation
One of the most serious environmental issues in Mexico
Over 1 million hectares of forest is lost each year
Global Warming IssuesGlobal Warming Issues::
Beaches of Mexico Hurricanes and rising sea levels are taking away hundreds of
miles of beaches, these beaches attract over 40% of Mexico's international visitors
2005 Hurricane Wilma swept away large portion of sugary sand of Cancun hotel zone
Melting glaciers are rising sea levels also take thousands of miles of coast line
Global warming is increasing the ocean temperatures which cause more powerful hurricanes
Water pollution and real estate developers are also destroying mangroves which helps shield beaches from erosion
Impact of Globalization
Social:-The average labor earning decreased by 10% those living in the south-Earning of people was so low they could not keep their families out of poverty
Economic:-reform program, includes trade liberalization, privatizations and a reduction of the government’s role in the economy. Reforms in trade policy-even though the number of state-owned companies significantly diminished, state monopolies still continue in key areas such as oil and energy-globalization has “excluded” the vast majority of population and even worsened their living standards-income distribution in Mexico worsened during the 1990s. In 2000, the Gini Index (which measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of incomes) was 0.503, in comparison to 0.488 five years earlier
Macro-economic stability is to priority, it supported by prudent fiscal and monetary policies and a solid financial system
To promote economic efficiency, it is important to strengthen the functioning of markets, by improving the institutional framework and enhancing economic competition for the benefit of all economic agents
Economy ImpactEconomy Impact
In order to contribute to the modernization of a number of industrial sectors and to increase their competitiveness, sectoral promotion programs are being implemented
Tariffs reduction or elimination on inputs, parts and components
Fiscal and administrative incentives for exporting firms
Issuance of new quality standards
Actions against counterfeit
Political ImpactPolitical Impact
Free and open trade and investment policies have served well. But as the world changes, Mexico must effectively cope with new challenges to increase competitiveness.
A number of policies are being implemented by the Mexican government to develop the ICT industry which shall result in improved economic performance and productivity.
Strengthened efforts are required, most of all in the technical skills area and the development of physical and communications infrastructure.
The combination of global integration, economic and technological changes is creating a unique opportunity for Mexico
Plans to Combat Global Plans to Combat Global Warming in MexicoWarming in Mexico…………
Mexico is taking action to fight against Global warming by promising to plant 250 million tress (report 2007)
Ban old trucks and buses that belch black smoke into the air to fight global warming
The president, Felipe Calderon took part of a ceremony to promote national climate change and handed out trees, he said they will have cleaner gasoline, more wind energy and more use of solar power in houses
Calderon also said "The fact that other big countries are not disposed to take on the responsibility and continue to damage the environment must not be an excuse to feign ignorance of our own responsibilities,"
Mexico adopts standards to Mexico adopts standards to measure Global Warming measure Global Warming Gases Gases (Report 2004)(Report 2004) Mexico launched a new partnership (Mexico GHG Pilot Program)
that makes it the first country to adopt internationally-accepted standards to measure and report business greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for establishing a voluntary national program.
Mexico ranks as the 14th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, and is second only to Brazil in Latin America. In 2000, according to WRI's Climate Analyses Indicators Tool, GHG emissions in Mexico equaled 1.4 tons per person, compared with 6.6 tons per U.S. citizen.
Agreements on key implementation activities such as:
Clean energy technology deployment
Deforestation reductions
Improving the resilience of countries to the impacts of climate change
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