The Relevance of Scientific Work for Climate Change Policy: Mexico s Perspective m From Coastal Ecosystems to the International Climate Change Agenda

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1 The Relevance of Scientific Work for Climate Change Policy: Mexico s Perspective m From Coastal Ecosystems to the International Climate Change Agenda Valeria Petrone

2 Climate Change and Mexico s Policy First Special Program on Climate Change General Law on Climate Change Protected Areas as natural solutions for climate change

3 Climate Change and Mexico s Policy First Special Program on Climate Change General Law on Climate Change Special Program on Climate Change National Strategy on Climate Change

4 Climate Change and Mexico s Policy Special Program on Climate Change Greenhouse gases (GHG) and short lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)

5 Mexico and its NDC s Mitigation Adaptation Systematic response: Mexican legislation National economic resources International agreements:

6 Mexico and its NDC s Mitigation Adaptation Unconditional Conditional

7 Mexico and its NDC s Mitigation Adaptation Reduction of 25% of GHG and SLCPs emissions Unconditional Conditional Reduction of 25% - 40% of GHG and SLCPs emissions

8 Global cooperation

9 Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Mexico

10 NDC s Policy Implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures

11 NDC s Policy Implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures

12 NDC s Policy Implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures Synergies Baseline knowledge

13 Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Projects: North America s Blue Carbon: Assessing the Role of Coastal Habitats in the Continent s Carbon Budget ( ) North American Blue Carbon: Next Steps in Science for Policy ( )

14 Mapping of blue carbon ecosystems Identification of threats to this ecosystems Measurement of Carbon stocks and rates

15 Determining the structure and presence of carbon in Mexican mangroves Objectives: - Develop methods for structure and presence determination in Protected Areas of Mexico - Create financial and technical capacities in order to protect this ecosystem

16 Determining the structure and presence of carbon in Mexican mangroves - There are four different types of mangroves - The taller the mangrove, the biggest the C stocks there are - The highest C stocks are sites associated with freshwater spring, followed by tall and medium mangroves and dwarf mangroves - The highest proportions of C stocks are belowground: 85% C of the ecosystem - The reserve stores million Mg of C (Adame et al., 2013)

17 Structure and carbon stocks in mangroves and other wetlands of La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve María Fernanda Adame and Alma Vázquez-Lule - Carbon stock: / MgC ha -1 - Carbon stocks are bigger in mangroves related to rivers than to coastal mangroves - Carbon stocks become bigger as depth in coastal river increases, and decreases in estuarine mangroves

18 Climate Change Adaptation of Coastal Ecosystems in Natural Protected Areas of Mexico Emphasizing the carbon capture and emission reduction in wetlands

19 Climate Change Adaptation of Coastal Ecosystems in Natural Protected Areas of Mexico

20 Climate Change Adaptation of Coastal Ecosystems in Natural Protected Areas of Mexico 1. Dragging/rehabilitation of channels to improve water fluxes 2. Reforestation and recovery of mangroves 3. Establishment of Dispersion centers 4. Dispersion of propagules and seeds: evaluation of growth, survival, biomass and carbon sequestration

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25 What s next? Implementation NDC s

26 What s next? Implementation NDC s - Payment for ecosystem services - PROCODES

27 Thanks! Valeria Petrone National Commission of Natural Protected Areas of Mexico (CONANP)