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Towards a fully integrated urban weather environment climate
service in Mexico City
Mexico City Ministry of Environment
SEDEMA
Cities & Climate Change Science Conference WMO Session “Guide for Integrated Urban Weather, Environment and Climate Services”March 6, 2018 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tanya Müller (Secretary of Environment), Beatriz Cárdenas (SEDEMA), Luisa T. Molina (MIT/MCE2)
MEXICO CITY: TOPOGRAPHY – URBAN EXPANSION
Built on the dried bed of elevated Lake Texcoco and its surrounding
High altitude: 2240 m; strong sun insolation
Surrounded three sides by mountains and volcanoes- physical barrier for winds
Temperature inversions in dry season
Urban Area 2000 Urban Area 2010
Mexico City Metropolitan Area Megalopolis
MEXICO CITY METROPOLITAN AREA 21 million inhabitants – split between MexicoCity and part of the State of Mexico. High population density and intense industrial and commercial activities.
Mexico City Emissions Inventory, 2014
MEXICO CITY CHALLENGES
Multiple risks due
to geographic
location and
socio-economic
context made
worse by Climate
change
Social and spatial
inequality & high
vulnerability to
climate change
Integrated long-term
planning and regional
coordination in the
Megalopolis (comprising
Mexico City and 5
surrounding states with
separate juridictions)
MEXICO CITY MAIN RISKS
Mexico City Resilient Program, 2017
EXTREM
Climate change has become the biggest long-term threat to Mexico City’s future. it is linked to water, health, air pollution, traffic disruption from floods, and housing vulnerability to landslides
MEXICO CITY IUWECS
Motivation for integrated services:• To provide key information to different sectors of Mexico City
population about weather, water, air quality, climate, wildfires
• Most of these originated to the needs for providing timely information to both decision makers and citizens due to the problems Mexico City has faced over time, including
– air quality management originated due to the bad air quality Mexico City monitored in late 1980´s;
– water services due to the flooding Mexico City suffer during rainy season;
– wildfires that occurred every hot season in Mexico City protected land area;
– volcanic hazards from volcanic eruption and emissions
These services are provided by Mexico City Government through the different agencies that report to the Mayor and to the public.
MEXICO CITY IUWECS
Air quality data and AQ forecast
Seismic system
Hydrometeorologicalalert system WildfiresVector-borne diseases
related to climate change
Volcanic alertMULTI-HAZARD
MONITORING
SUCCESSFUL AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT ACTIONS
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• Air quality and GHG policy and management
• Collaboration with government agencies, especially Health Agency
• Monitoring air quality• Scientific Committee for Environmental
Improvement
CDMX CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM 2014-2020 (PACCM)
4.36 million tons CO2eq reduced by April 201765% of progress towards 2018 goal
100 CIUDADES RESILIENTES
5 Pillars
Launched in Sept 2016
Collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation through 100 Resilient Cities
CDMX RESILIENCE STRATEGY
Adaptive, inclusive and equitable transformation
CENTRE FOR
COMMAND, CONTROL,
COMPUTATION,
COMMUNICATIONS AND
CITIZEN CONTACT (C5)
Goal:
Response within 5
minutes of an incident
Resources:
• 1 main centre (C5)
• 5 regional centres (C2)
• 2 mobile command and
control centres
• Telephone centre for
emergencies (#911)
• 8,088 cameras
MULTI-HAZARD MONITORING SYSTEM
COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLICForecasting
http://www.aire.cdmx.gob.mx/pronostico-aire/index.php; http://www.aire.cdmx.gob.mx/default.php?opc=%27YqBhnmI=%27
Air Quality Monitoring Network
Hydrometeorological Bulletin
http://www.proteccioncivil.cdmx.gob.mx/boletín
COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC
Risk Atlas
http://data.proteccioncivil.cdmx.gob.mx/mapas_sgm/mapas_sgm2.html
CDMX CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING INTEGRATED SERVICES
• Continue and finalized integration among Mexico City agencies
• Collaborate and integrate with other systems (i.e., Federal systems)
• Continuity through administrations
• Continue to promote more collaboration with national and international institutions and private sectors even during “hard economic times”
• Expand and strengthen capacity building for technicians and scientists
• Send messages: improve communication with citizens
• Use information to evaluate and improve the system
GOOD PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED
• Research has been very important for designing, implementing and improving many of these services:– Mexico City has a long history of collaboration with research
institutions, both national and international, including National Autonomous University, National Politecnic Institute, Harvard University, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Molina Center for Energy and the Environment, among others.
– Mexico City Ministry for Science and Technology has also devoted budget to support many research studies related to these services.
• Open data, transparency, and innovation as part of Mexico City public policy
• Investment in new technology: measurements, transmission and publications
• Human resources as one of the key priorities
• Science as the basis for informed decision making
• Continuity through different administrations
Photo by Kike
Thank you!¡Gracias!
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