The large population, population growth and high and often uncontrolled growth of Mexico's cities are reflected in the pressure on the Environment and the challenge of providing environmental services to the population efficiently, cost-effectively and sustainably. Mexico's large cities suffer from air pollution, inadequate waste disposal and ever greater problems with water supply and disposal. There are legal and institutional frameworks for the environmental sector and environmental policy programmes. However, environmental legislation is not consistently implemented and is counteracted by the effects of economic and urban growth. An in-depth exchange between Hamburg authorities and their public companies and Mexican mirror institutions, particularly in Puebla, Cozumel, La Paz and Tlalnepantla, as well as national authorities in Mexico City on selected topics of sustainable urban environmental management will demonstrate concrete and innovative approaches to urban environmental management and the implementation of legal regulations. This will enable the selected partners and institutions from Mexico to respond more effectively to the country's growing environmental problems through the implementation of tried and tested innovative approaches to urban environmental management.
Further information on the previous project can be found in the factsheet.