Governance & Policy
Mexico General Law on Climate Change (LGCC)
Definition
The Ley General de Cambio Climático, enacted in 2012, is Mexico's framework climate law and one of the first comprehensive climate statutes in the developing world. It establishes the national climate change system, sets long-term emission reduction and clean energy goals, mandates adaptation planning at federal and state level, and provides the legal basis for Mexico's carbon tax and emissions trading programme.
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Legal text and institutions
Scope and instruments
Overview
What it means
Climate policy in Mexico has a statutory architecture that survives administration changes, even as implementation intensity varies.
How it is used
States write climate programmes under its framework; power and fuel sectors engage its ETS pilot; litigants invoke it in energy-reform disputes.
Why it matters
It is the anchor climate law of Latin America's second-largest economy and a reference for framework legislation in the region.