Low-Carbon Development for Mexico

Johnson, Todd M. ; Alatorre, Claudio ; Romo, Zayra ; Liu, Feng

World Bank

关键词: ACID;    ACID RAIN;    AFFORESTATION;    AFFORESTATION PROJECTS;    AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-8122-9
RP-ID  :  52458

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

One of the most compelling reasons forpursuing low-carbon development is that the potentialimpacts of climate change are predicted to be severe, forboth industrial and developing countries, and that reducinggreenhouse gas emissions can reduce the risk of the mostcatastrophic impacts. The challenge of reducing emissions issobering: leading scientific models indicate that limitingthe rise in global mean temperatures to less than two degreeCelsius will require that global greenhouse gas emissionspeak within the next 10-15 years and then fall by 2050 tolevels about 50 percent lower than in 1990. Although manycountries recognize the need to curtail carbon emissions,there is considerable uncertainty about how much this willcost in individual countries, what measures can beundertaken in both the short and longer term, and howcost-effective specific interventions are in reducingemissions. This study analyzes a range of energy efficiencyoptions available in Mexico, including supply-sideefficiency improvements in the electric power and oil andgas industries, and demand-side electricity efficiencymeasures addressing high-growth energy-consuming activities,such as air conditioning and refrigeration. It alsoevaluates a range of renewable energy options that make useof the country's vast wind, solar, biomass, hydro, andgeothermal resources.