Enhancing Subnational Climate Finance via Direct Access Entities, Innovative Financial Mechanisms and High-Quality Concept Notes in Mexico

The document outlines a 36-month readiness program implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) to address financial barriers in Mexico's rural and northern border regions. Key objectives include the GCF accreditation of the North American Development Bank (NADB) and Trust Funds Related to Agriculture (FIRA), the creation of a green finance transparency system, and the development of a National Carbon Policy. It specifically targets water and sanitation infrastructure in northern states and sustainable landscape management via REDD+ results-based payments. Additionally, the proposal aims to empower subnational governments to issue thematic bonds and integrate environmental and social criteria into public-private partnerships (PPPs).

• Mexico's rural sector faces limited affordable finance for climate-resilient projects because financial intermediaries perceive high risks, such as complex land property structures where "communal lands or ejidos cannot be used as guarantees".
• Northern Mexico suffers from a significant water infrastructure gap and unsustainable reliance on overexploited aquifers, with 80% of urban sanitation systems at the Northern border having "deficiencies in their infrastructure, operation, and maintenance".
• Subnational governments in Mexico have limited budgetary autonomy, generating on average only 12% of their own revenue, and 75% of states lack the experience to diversify debt portfolios through "thematic debt in the bonds market".
• Mexico has not yet accessed the GCF's results-based payments (RBP) program for REDD+, despite a Forest Reference Emission Level (FREL) for 2007–2016 that could potentially deliver "approximately USD 100 million".
• The country lacks a comprehensive system to track climate financial flows, necessitating a "roadmap for a green finance transparency system (Mexican Green Finance Platform – MGFP)" to comply with the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework.
• Current public-private partnership (PPP) processes in Mexico are limited by a lack of sustainability criteria, with environmental considerations often restricted to "the requirement to conduct environmental impact assessments (EIA) for high-risk projects".
• The proposal targets the accreditation of the North American Development Bank (NADB) to catalyze finance for water, sanitation, and solid waste in five northern states: "Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Tamaulipas".
• The program will support the Trust Funds Related to Agriculture (FIRA) to achieve accreditation via the "Project-Specific Assessment Approach (PSAA)" to reduce borrowing costs for rural enterprises.
• Capacity building for REDD+ RBP will target the Governors' Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF-TF) in seven jurisdictions: "Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Jalisco, Chiapas, Tabasco, and Oaxaca", as well as Chihuahua.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2023). Enhancing Subnational Climate Finance via Direct Access Entities, Innovative Financial Mechanisms and High-Quality Concept Notes in Mexico. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/mexico-gggi-approved-multiyear-readiness-proposal.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Enhancing Subnational Climate Finance via Direct Access Entities, Innovative Financial Mechanisms and High-Quality Concept Notes in Mexico. 2023. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/mexico-gggi-approved-multiyear-readiness-proposal.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2023enhancing, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Enhancing Subnational Climate Finance via Direct Access Entities, Innovative Financial Mechanisms and High-Quality Concept Notes in Mexico}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2023}, month = jan, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/mexico-gggi-approved-multiyear-readiness-proposal.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }