Land-use planning and financial innovation to increase Mexico’s resilience to climate change

The impacts of climate change threaten the livelihoods of Mexican small farmers. Therefore the project promotes adaptation, restoration and conservation of rural landscapes to increase their resilience and to ensure food security and local income. It helps small farmers in the states of Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Hidalgo and Tlaxcala to adapt and to increase their production. Ecosystem-based adaptation strategies include sustainable production and integrated land use planning approaches that equally take into account food, forest, biodiversity and climate change. Innovative finance mechanisms support this process. The project also promotes land use management policies at national and sub-national level to help Mexico to achieve its goals in the areas of SDGs, NDCs and biodiversity.

Project data

Countries: Mexico
IKI funding: 21,457,627.03 €
Included preparation phase: 21,457,627.03 €
Duration: 10/2022 till 09/2027
Status: open
Implementing organisation: Centro de Transporte Sustentable de México, A.C. (WRI México)
Political Partner: Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) - Mexico

National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) - Mexico

National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC) - Mexico

Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)- Mexico
Implementing Partner: Centro de Transporte Sustentable de México, A.C. (WRI México)

GAIA (Grupo Autonomo para Investigacion Ambiental)

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB / IDB / BID)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) – Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC)

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA)
Online: https://wrimexico.org/our-work/projects/saberes

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State of implementation/results

IUCN developed 10 baseline documents for production models with geographic information to provide a territorial and climate description of the country's 10 states and 94 municipalities participating in the program. These baseline documents include standardized information to describe the socioeconomic conditions across all regions. Historical, current, and future analyses of precipitation and temperature were also conducted to establish a climate profile within the baselines.
WRI, with the consortium, developed its own methodology to elaborate Climate Change Adaptation Plans with smallholder organizations and local communities. This methodology is based on participatory analysis of local information on climate projections, production problems (pests, phenological changes, soil productivity, rainfall...), evaluation of adaptation alternatives, and identification of long-term Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) solutions at the plot and territorial scale. GAIA, IICA, and IUCN used the methodology to develop 22 Adaptation Plans, one for each project implementation region.
WRI and GITEC developed an EbA Principles and Criteria document that defines the approach to address climate change impacts based on biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services, and local knowledge. This document will be published together with the methodology for formulating Climate Change Adaptation Plans in the coming months and will serve as a guide for actors who want to formulate their own adaptation plans.
WRI initiated the peer review process of the Smallholder Adaptation Capacity Index for publication and global dissemination in early 2025.
The first studies on “Alternatives for including EbA strategies in the design of public policy” and “Community governance schemes for the adaptation of small producers” were completed. Both studies are under review to be included in the guidance documents for the implementation of project activities and for dissemination with public officials, social organizations, and NGOs in 2025.
As part of the land planning tools (IMPLT SAbERES), IIASA produced a first prototype version of the mobile app SAbERES. The app will be an accompanying tool for producers and users in the field, especially those inside local organizations, though it will be openly available to further promote EbA.
GITEC held two learning sessions with the assistance of small producers' organizations.
The Environmental and Social Management System (SGAS), the Social and Environmental Action Plan, and the Gender, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan were completed. They are currently under review and are scheduled for implementation in the second half of 2024.

Latest Update:
12/2024