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This fact sheet from the International Institute for Sustainable Development evaluates Mexico's fossil fuel funding, ranking it last among G20 OECD member countries with an overall score of 48/100. The document details the scale of government support for fossil fuel production and use, the role of state-owned enterprises, and recent trends in subsidy reductions and increases.

This report presents the perspectives of signatories of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) five years after its 2014 inception. It evaluates progress toward ten global goals to end natural forest loss by 2030, identifying systemic barriers such as weak governance, insufficient financing, and land tenure insecurity, while highlighting successful multi-stakeholder partnerships and nature-based solutions.

This report by the Forest Declaration Assessment (UNDP) evaluates the progress of signatories of the New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) five years after its 2014 launch. Based on consultations with 84 signatories—including governments, companies, NGOs, and indigenous organizations—the document identifies critical barriers to ending natural forest loss by 2030 and outlines eight key lessons to accelerate implementation. It emphasizes that while high-level commitments are numerous, measurable action is lagging, with tropical primary forest loss increasing by 44% between 2002-13 and the reporting period.

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.