{"id":24167,"date":"2025-12-09T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=24167"},"modified":"2026-03-12T12:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:43:40","slug":"mexicos-methane-ambition-on-display-at-cop-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2025\/12\/09\/mexicos-methane-ambition-on-display-at-cop-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico\u2019s methane ambition on display at COP 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/juan-manuel-calderon\">Juan Manuel Calder\u00f3n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; color: initial;\">This month as negotiators met in the Brazilian rain forest for COP 30, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum\u2019s administration announced a <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.mx\/semarnat\/documentos\/mensaje-de-la-secretaria-alicia-barcena-ibarra-al-presentar-la-ndc-3-0-de-mexico-en-la-sesion-plenaria-de-la-cumbre-climatica-de-lideres?state=published\">new emissions target<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; color: initial;\"> under the Paris Agreement, called a Nationally Determined Contribution, to cut Mexico\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% below the trend scenario levels by 2035.\u00a0 Importantly, the NDC also reaffirms Mexico\u2019s goal of reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030 compared with 2020 levels, in accordance with national oil company PEMEX\u2019s 2024 Sustainability Plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edf.org%2Fenergyexchange%2F2025%2F12%2F09%2Fmexicos-methane-ambition-on-display-at-cop-30%2F&#038;text=Mexico%E2%80%99s%20methane%20ambition%20on%20display%20at%20COP%2030&#038;via=EDFEnergyEx&#038;related=EDFEnergyEx' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mexico\u2019s methane ambition on display at COP 30 <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edf.org%2Fenergyexchange%2F2025%2F12%2F09%2Fmexicos-methane-ambition-on-display-at-cop-30%2F&#038;text=Mexico%E2%80%99s%20methane%20ambition%20on%20display%20at%20COP%2030&#038;via=EDFEnergyEx&#038;related=EDFEnergyEx' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>This move demonstrates Mexico\u2019s firm commitment under President Sheinbaum to climate action, particularly methane reduction\u2014 one of the fastest and most cost-effective pathways to slow global warming. The oil and gas sector plays a decisive role in meeting these goals, contributing 8% of Mexico\u2019s national emissions in 2024. These emissions stem mainly from hydrocarbon extraction, refining and transportation, where gas flaring and venting, leaks in pipelines and facilities, and the high energy consumption of refineries and processing centers remain critical pollution sources.<\/p>\n<p>Methane reduction offers Mexico a triple benefit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Energy efficiency:<\/strong> Capturing methane allows the recovery of natural gas currently being lost, improving the country\u2019s energy performance.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate mitigation:<\/strong> Reducing methane emissions significantly contributes to slowing global warming.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public health:<\/strong> Lower methane emissions help prevent respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, avoiding hundreds of thousands of premature deaths and reducing cases of asthma, lung cancer and heart-related illnesses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to an aggressive target, the NDC also lays out concrete actions to reduce fugitive methane emissions, curb natural gas venting and move toward eliminating routine flaring. The plan also promotes the adoption of key technologies such as vapor recovery systems, advanced monitoring and efficient flaring equipment, enabling faster, measurable and cost-effective mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>The next steps will be critical to making these reductions a reality and nothing is more important than helping PEMEX access funding to implement solutions. Achieving these goals will require financial mechanisms that facilitate the adoption of technologies to reduce and capture methane emissions. Today, there are many sustainable finance alternatives form international markets and from multilateral banks that PEMEX can leverage to reduce emissions in line with its commitments. EDF is committed to working closely with leaders at PEMEX to help access this needed funding.<\/p>\n<p>Realizing these methane reductions will take work but, through science, innovative solutions, and collaboration with organizations like EDF, Mexico can realize a safer climate and a more efficient energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Juan Manuel Calder\u00f3n This month as negotiators met in the Brazilian rain forest for COP 30, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum\u2019s administration announced a new emissions target under the Paris Agreement, called a Nationally Determined Contribution, to cut Mexico\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% below the trend scenario levels by 2035.\u00a0 Importantly, the NDC also &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55717],"tags":[],"coauthors":[114057],"class_list":["post-24167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-methane-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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