Mexico

The adaptation component of Mexico’s 2015 INDC is one of the few to highlight both the critical role of ecosystems in buffering communities from the worst effects of climate change and the role ecosystems play in providing essential services for adaptation, including additional water storage and coastal protection against storms and sea level rise. Green infrastructure, ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), and integrated water resources management (IWRM) are prioritized in Mexico’s NDC. Finally, Mexico also prioritizes the integration of climate change criteria into the design, construction, financing, and maintenance of critical water infrastructure, thus ensuring that plans to retrofit, relocate, or build new infrastructure are climate-resilient.