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On Thursday 18 October, Canning House held a lunchtime roundtable between a delegation of representatives of the Mexican legislature, and figures from British business, politics and diplomacy.
On Thursday 18 October, Canning House held a lunchtime roundtable between a delegation of representatives of the Mexican legislature, and figures from British business, politics and diplomacy.
The dialogue between Mexican senators and deputies took climate and environmental issues as its central focus. Following a brief introduction by Jeremy Browne, CEO of Canning House, Congressman Eduardo Murat, from the Mexican delegation, began the discussion with a presentation on Mexico’s approaches and progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Congressman Murat explained how Mexico is establishing and deepening the institutionalisation of the 2030 Agenda, raising its ambitions and commitments for reductions in greenhouse gas and carbon emissions through a programme of implementation through both national, top-down change, and sub-national, bottom-up work. He said such approaches are being applied across the country’s “grey,” “blue” and “green” agendas.
Discussion then opened to the roundtable. A range of questions for the delegation tackled Mexico’s energy transition, including queries on electric vehicles and their associated manufacturing and infrastructure, reductions in fossil fuel use and boosting renewables, new skills for a green economy (including opportunities for the integration of Indigenous practices), the challenge of budgeting for these critical developments, and how the UK and Mexican might work together for best mutual benefit.
The approaches and challenges of political implementation of climate change policy was also discussed. This touched upon efforts at the level of individual Mexican states, a comparative dialogue on the UK’s system of parliamentary committees, how best to hold the executive branch to account on climate change, and sentiments amongst the wider populations of Mexico and the UK.
Canning House thanks the Mexican delegation and our other distinguished guests for their engagement in this valuable dialogue.
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