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Mexico passes climate-change law

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As the Kyoto Protocol winds down without a strong replacement, countries are implementing their own strategies to reduce global warming.

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  • 23 April 2012

    An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Mexico's new climate bill stipulates that 35% of the country's energy, rather than electricity, should come from renewable sources by 2024.

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Vance, E. Mexico passes climate-change law. Nature (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2012.10496

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