General Law on Climate Change

Mexican General Law on Climate Change




General Law on Climate Change
Mexico

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           GENERAL LAW ON CLIMATE CHANGE
                                  Title One
                               General Provisions

                                     Sole Chapter
    Article 1. The present Law is of public nature, of general interest and obser-
vance throughout the nation’s territory and the areas over which the nation
exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction, and establishes provisions to combat the
adverse effects of climate change. It is regulatory of the provisions of the Political
Constitution of the United Mexican States in the areas of environmental protec-
tion, sustainable development, and preservation and restoration of the ecological
equilibrium.
    Article 2. The purpose of this Law is to:
    I. Guarantee the right to a healthy environment and establish the concurrence
of powers of the Federal Government, the States, and municipalities in the elabo-
ration and implementation of public policies on climate change adaptation and
mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and compounds;
    II. Regulate greenhouse gas and compounds emissions to achieve stabilization
of their concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system, considering, as appropriate,
the provisions of Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change and other provisions deriving therefrom;
    III. Regulate on actions for climate change mitigation and adaptation;
    IV. Reduce the vulnerability of the country’s population and ecosystems to the
adverse effects of climate change, as well as create and strengthen national capacities
to respond to such phenomenon;
    V. Promote education, research, the development and transfer of technology,
as well as innovation and dissemination, in the areas of climate change adaptation
and mitigation;


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