Mexico: General Climate Change Law approved
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Climate change has been recognized as one of the main threats to international security and its impacts are expected to have effects on productive activities and even on health.
The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved by 353 votes the bill that amends the General Law on Climate Change to establish that municipalities, with the agreement of their city councils, may coordinate and/or associate for an efficient implementation of the related provisions.
According to El Economista, according to the decree sent to the Federal Executive for its eventual enactment and immediate entry into force, climate change has been recognized as one of the main threats to international security, since its impacts are expected to have considerable effects on various productive activities and even on the health of the population.
The international community is therefore working to reform the international regime so that it responds to the needs and challenges posed by scientific projections, and thus prevent the global average temperature from rising.
The minutes state that, aware of the current situation in Mexico and convinced of the contribution that advancing in the construction of the legal bases on climate change would have at a national level, the legislators undertook the task of drafting, nurturing and approving the current General Law on Climate Change.
Various legal bodies, he adds, not only incorporate provisions that contemplate the establishment of coordination mechanisms among the three levels of government, but also specify forms of organization and association that facilitate the formulation and application of policies and programs at the municipal level, an aspect that is based on Article 115 of the Constitution.
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