{
    "name": "AI Policy Radar",
    "publisher": "Green Diplomat",
    "description": "Climate laws and carbon-pricing instruments classified by legal stage; every record cites the document it was checked against and the date of that check.",
    "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "citation": "Green Diplomat (2026). AI Policy Radar: a verified tracker of climate laws by legal stage. https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ (accessed 6 October 2026).",
    "generated": "2026-10-06T03:42:11+00:00",
    "count": 1,
    "fields": {
        "record_id": "Stable identifier of the record (also the end of its web address).",
        "jurisdiction": "Country or sub-national jurisdiction that adopted the instrument.",
        "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country.",
        "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system, carbon tax, framework law, target law, crediting mechanism, energy-transition law, disclosure / MRV rule.",
        "legal_stage": "In force · Enacted, not yet in force · In rulemaking · Proposed / announced · No binding instrument.",
        "stage_date": "Date the instrument reached its current stage (YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD, as precise as the source allows).",
        "legal_reference": "Act, decree or gazette reference.",
        "coverage": "Sectors, entities or share of emissions covered, as stated by the source.",
        "what_to_watch": "The next decision, deadline or review named by the source.",
        "source_name": "Publisher of the document the record was checked against.",
        "source_url": "Address of that document.",
        "source_type": "“official” (law, gazette, government or regulator) or “reference” (a recognised compilation such as ICAP).",
        "btr_status": "Indicative status for Biennial Transparency Reports: planned, adopted or implemented (see Standards).",
        "last_verified": "Date the record was last checked against its source.",
        "legal_journey": "Dated milestones (proposed, enacted, rulemaking, in force, later milestone), each with its own source. JSON and journeys.csv only."
    },
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        {
            "record_id": "mx-ets",
            "jurisdiction": "Mexico",
            "iso3": "MEX",
            "country": "Mexico",
            "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system",
            "legal_stage": "In rulemaking",
            "stage_date": "2020-01-01",
            "legal_reference": "General Law on Climate Change; Agreement establishing the preliminary bases of the ETS Pilot Program (Diario Oficial de la Federación)",
            "coverage": "Direct CO2 from fixed sources in energy and industry emitting at least 100,000 tCO2 a year; about 30% of national GHG emissions",
            "summary": "Mexico's ETS began a pilot program in January 2020 with free allocation and no monetary sanctions. Rules for the operational phase have not been published, so the pilot rules remain in force; the environment ministry (Semarnat) said in September 2026 that it would issue definitive rules by early 2027.",
            "what_to_watch": "Publication of the definitive operational-phase rules. In September 2026 Semarnat's Director General of Climate Action Policies said the rules would be issued by early 2027, introducing economically enforceable obligations, allowance auctions and stronger monitoring.",
            "source_name": "International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)",
            "source_url": "https://icapcarbonaction.com/en/ets/mexico",
            "source_type": "reference",
            "btr_status": "adopted",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Americas",
            "topics": [
                "Carbon Markets",
                "Carbon Pricing"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/mx-ets/",
            "legal_journey": [
                {
                    "date": "2012-06-06",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "General Law on Climate Change published; in force 10 October 2012",
                    "source_url": "https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5573934&fecha=01/10/2019"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2018-07-13",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "Climate law reform published, providing for an ETS preceded by a 36-month pilot",
                    "source_url": "https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5573934&fecha=01/10/2019"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2019-10-01",
                    "milestone": "rulemaking",
                    "event": "Agreement setting the preliminary bases of the ETS pilot program published",
                    "source_url": "https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5573934&fecha=01/10/2019"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2020-01-01",
                    "milestone": "rulemaking",
                    "event": "Pilot program starts without economic effects; its rules stay in force pending operational rules",
                    "source_url": "https://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5573934&fecha=01/10/2019"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}