As the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) moves forward, it is critical that developing countries are ready and able to make significant progress toward reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. CCAP is helping developing countries prepare for and participate in UNFCCC negotiations through its Developing Country Project.

CCAP is assisting developing countries by identifying opportunities that will result in substantial economic gains and other benefits from reductions in GHG emissions. Since February 2005, CCAP has worked on the ground with policy-makers and researchers in Brazil, China, India and Mexico.

CCAP has convened with policy-makers and researchers in the government and private sectors in Mexico, particularly The Mario Molina Center, to identify technologies and approaches to reduce GHG emissions.

In conjunction with Centro Mario Molina, CCAP is working on the ground to:

• Analyze 12 economic sectors to determine their impact on climate change in Mexico;
• Aide in the development of Mexico's National Strategy for Climate Action; and
• Complete a detailed analysis of how Mexico might participate in the post-2012 climate framework using a sector-based approach.

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Preliminary results from a CCAP global sectoral study released at the UN climate change conference in Poznan.  The results indicate that there is great potential to reduce emissions in the Mexican cement and oil refining sectors.

Highlights from the Dec. 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland.