In A First For Developing World, Mexico Enacts Climate Change Law
Source: International Business Times
In A First For Developing World, Mexico Enacts Climate Change Law
By Ryan Villarreal:
June 6, 2012 10:48 PM GMT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law climate change legislation that will bind the country to significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of renewable energies within the next few decades.
"With the legislation I signed, Mexico becomes the first developing country with a comprehensive law against climate change," Mr. Calderon posted on his Twitter account Tuesday.
The law, which sets targets for emissions cuts as well as for the expansion of renewable energies, is only the second of its kind in the world after Great Britain and represents the first initiative of a developing country to commit to such targets.
By 2020, Mexico aims to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent, and by 50 percent by 2050. It also calls for 35 percent of Mexico's energy to come from renewable sources by 2024 and requires government agencies to use renewable energy.
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/349422/20120606/mexico-climate-change-calderon-carbon-greenhouse-emission.htm#ixzz1x3TA7RdK
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