Choosing the Right Path

A World Resources Institute analysis outlines low-cost policy options for Mexico to meet its Paris Agreement commitments and long-term climate goals, highlighting significant public health and financial benefits from reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

• Mexico could prevent over 25,000 deaths and save $5 billion in public health expenditures over a 12-year period by implementing aggressive policies to lower greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.
• Focusing on the industry, transport, and electricity sectors would provide over 75% of the mitigation required for Mexico to meet its Paris Agreement obligations.
• The analysis proposes 21 policy levers to reach Mexico's conditional nationally determined contribution (NDC) at an average cost of US$12/ton, though the report notes that meeting NDC commitments alone is insufficient to reach the long-term emissions abatement goals set in the General Climate Change Law for a 2°C global warming limit.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Choosing the Right Path. https://www.wri.org/research/choosing-right-path

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Choosing the Right Path. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/choosing-right-path.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendchoosing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Choosing the Right Path}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/choosing-right-path}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }