1、www.theicct.org communicationstheicct.orgtheicct.org POLICY BRIEFCO2 emission standards to achieve Mexicos 2030 electrification target for light-duty vehiclesTanzila Khan,Carlos Jimenez,Leticia Pineda,Zifei Yang,Josh Miller,and Arijit SenINTRODUCTIONMexico is one of the leading light-duty vehicle(LD

2、V)markets and in terms of domestic sales,ranked 12th globally with 1.4 million vehicles sold in 2023.1 Mexicos on-road vehicles are responsible for more than 90%of the carbon dioxide(CO2)emissions from the transport sector and nearly one-fourth of the countrys total CO2 emissions.2 To reduce emissio

3、ns from LDVs,which are an estimated 65%of on-road transport CO2 emissions,Mexico introduced CO2 emission standards for new LDVs in 2013.3 The standards set annual g CO2/km targets through 2016 and were later extended through 2018.4 In late 2022,when Mexico submitted its updated Nationally Determined

4、 Contribution as part of its obligation under the Paris Agreement,it committed to reducing greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions by 35%economywide and by 22%from transport sector,in 2030,compared with the business as usual levels.5 At the same time,Mexico announced a target 1 Instituto Nacional de Estadstica

5、,Geografa e Informtica,“Registro Administrativo de la Industria Automotriz de Vehculos Ligeros”Administrative Registry of the Light Vehicle Automotive Industry,accessed January 12,2024,https:/www.inegi.org.mx/datosprimarios/iavl/#Datos_abiertos.2“Mexico,”Climate Action Tracker,last modified December

6、 12,2022,https:/climateactiontracker.org/countries/mexico/policies-action/;“Mexico,”International Energy Agency,accessed on August 8,2024,https:/www.iea.org/countries/mexico/emissions.3 This estimate of LDV share of transport emissions was obtained from the ICCTs Roadmap model version 2.5,(2024),htt