Mexico will raise its target to unconditionally cut greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below usual levels by 2030 at this year's COP27 U.N. climate summit, its environment ministry said in a statement Tuesday, lifting its previous target of 22%.
Latin America's second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter will also raise its target for conditional emission cuts - a goal dependent on external support - to 40% from 36%.
Climate Action Tracker had rated Mexico's previous goals "highly insufficient", noting the Paris Climate deal requires countries to progressively raise their percentage reduction targets to offset rising levels of overall emissions. Black carbon is the sooty material emitted from coal plants and diesel engines, but Climate Action Tracker said its effect as an additional metric was "negligible" since it comes largely from the same sources as CO2.
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