Urban and Housing National Policy

November 2013

COP19/CMP9United NationsClimate Change ConferenceWarsaw 2013

CONTENT

I. Context: Urban and housing reality in Mexico

II. Urban and housing national policy: Challenges, strategies and instruments

III. Sustainable strategies

IV. Instruments for controlling the growth of urban sprawl

Creating a new urban development model

Incentives(loans and subsidies) alligned towards this new model.

Sustainable Strategies

Expected Results: Consolidate competitive, sustainable, livable cities, in which housing not only represents the main asset of a family, but also their access to a wider set of education, health, recreation and job opportunities, that allow them to improve their overall quality of life.

1. New model of urban and metropolitan development

2. Dignified and sustainable housing

3. Sustainable mobility

4. Land Management

5. Regional sustainable development and territorial management

6. Disaster risk reduction

National Appropriated Mitigation Actions (NAMA)

• Refers to a set of policies and actions that countries undertake as part of a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the Mexican case, will strengthen the public policy.

• Different countries may take different nationally appropriate actions on the basis of equity and in accordance with common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.

• Developing countries will effectively implement national action depends on the effective implementation of the commitments by developed countries in provision of financial resources and transfer of technology.

• The priorities of developing countries are economic and social development, and technological transfer that will support the actual market in Mexico

What is the challenge?

Population growth and Urbanization in Mexico will drive emissions growth

There is an opportunity now to ensure that the communities built over the coming decade will be energy, waste, and water efficient.

Urban & Rural Population in Less Developed Countries 1950-2050

Housing NAMA Implementation / Pilot Projects

Actions commenced in 2012 and will

continue through 2013

Taking in consideration the modification or notes from Phase One included in the Housing NAMA (New houses) document derivate from previous phase.

Implementation - Cities and developers: • Aguascalientes (GEO and SADASI); Cancún and

Playa del Carmen (HOMEX and SADASI); Guadalajara (HERSO), Hermosillo (DEREX); Monterrey (SADASI); Morelia (HERSO); Tecamac, (VINTE); Huehuetoca, Acapulco, Monterrey (ARA).

Extremely dry hot Hot and humidExtremely hot and humidMildCold mild

The Urban NAMA covers community scale mitigation actions applied for new, green field residential communities across Mexico

To reduce demand for delivered services, To improve the emissions efficiency of delivered services.

Urban NAMA

“Umbrella Concept”

Total energy Fuel consumption Water consumption

at the community

level

NAMA boundary by Sector

Urban NAMA, USCO Concept

NAMA for sustainable housing retrofit

Conceptual Design of the NAMA Contribute to achieve a substantial

reduction of energy consumption

Facilitate a holistic and systematic approach to energy efficient refurbishment of the building stock

“ wholehouse

approach”