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This report explores how insurance can be integrated into urban climate resilience strategies to mitigate financial and physical risks. It argues that while insurance is underutilized, cities can act as consumers of risk-transfer products, stewards of risk-reducing policy, and conveners of stakeholders. Key barriers include a lack of technical capacity, data gaps, and the short-term nature of insurance products. The report recommends increased investment in risk assessment, the development of collaborative resilience plans with the insurance industry, and the use of concessional finance from DFIs to make insurance affordable for vulnerable urban populations.

This report by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) examines the opportunities for using green bonds to finance sustainable construction in Mexico. It details the current state of the market, national climate commitments, specific financial instruments like CKDs and FIBRAS, and the certification proxies accepted under the Climate Bonds Standard for residential and commercial buildings.

This briefing by the Climate Bonds Initiative examines the potential for using green and sustainable bonds to finance low-carbon buildings in Mexico. It details the country's climate commitments, the current state of the green bond market, specific financial instruments like FIBRAs and CKDs, and the certification proxies used to identify eligible low-carbon assets.

This policy brief by Transforma argues that climate finance is essential for a just and resilient recovery in Mexico following the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines the current state of national and international climate funding, warns against the risks of the recent elimination of the Climate Change Fund (FCC), and provides specific recommendations for both the public and private sectors to align economic recovery with sustainability goals and international commitments.

A joint statement by indigenous peoples of Mexico, issued on December 4, 2016, during the COP 13 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancún. The document denounces the 'predatory extractive model' and the 'green economy,' arguing that these frameworks facilitate the dispossession of indigenous territories and the privatization of ancestral knowledge.

A joint statement by indigenous peoples of Mexico, released on December 4, 2016, during the COP 13 on Biodiversity in Cancun, condemning the 'predatory extractivist model' and the 'green economy' as tools for corporate plundering of indigenous territories and the privatization of ancestral knowledge.

This policy brief examines the Yucatan Peninsula Accord, signed in December 2010 by the Mexican states of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan. It serves as Mexico's first sub-national regional climate accord, designed to address socioeconomic and environmental vulnerabilities through a joint low-carbon development scheme. The document highlights how pooling resources at a regional level can attract international funding and provide a catalyst for climate compatible development while respecting state autonomy.