The approach to developing the strategy includes mapping of key actors, data mapping, integration of information, conducting feasibility and sustainability studies, designing and integrating mitigation strategies, monitoring, reporting and validating schemes, and mapping of possible sources of financing.

Aims

• The project aims to integrate and validate an air quality improvement strategy for Monterrey and an environmental contingency plan for health protection by leveraging recent data, including:
  • 2023 Emissions Inventory
  • Atmospheric dynamics modelling
  • Air Quality Monitoring analysis
  • Vehicle Fleet evaluation

Funding Information

• Estimated project cost: $300,000

Duration

• Project duration is less than 24 months.

Expected Results

• Outcome 1: The Government of Mexico endorses a Strategic Plan for the Monterrey area to improve the air quality by the end of the project or soon after.
  • Output 1.1: Key actors mapping, identification of roles, responsibilities and description of the institutional arrangements (national and sub-national level).
  • Output 1.2: Update of the 2023 integrated emission inventory (criteria pollutants + GHG + SLCP).
  • Output 1.3: Assessment of the atmospheric dynamics in the Monterrey area (i.e. weather systems, climate patterns, and environmental conditions).
  • Output 1.4: Integrate and analyses available and representative field measurements in the Monterrey area, and the vehicle fleet that operates in the region. (Direct comparison with fixed monitoring network, and filling spatial and temporal gaps, studying specific pollution sources, or responding to short-term events).
• Outcome 2: The Government of Mexico adopts Monitoring, Reporting and Verification schemes to support the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Monterrey by the end of the project.
  • Output 2.1: Monitoring, Reporting and Verification schemes appropriate for Mexican context and established institutional and legal frameworks.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for consideration, project proposals must meet the following requirements:
  • Submitted by a non-governmental organization (NGO), intergovernmental organization (IGO), or other not-for-profit entity.
  • Requested funding is within the estimated budget amount, or includes a clear justification for additional expenses
  • Please note that entities will be required to provide the last three (3) audited financial statements to be eligible for CCAC funding. These statements may be provided along with the application for funding or at the request of the CCAC Secretariat during the evaluation process.
• For-profit entities may only participate in the project as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users. Applicants are encouraged to include for-profit entities in the development of the project proposal and/or during project implementation if their ownership of the proposed solution is key to the project’s success.

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