At the third North American Energy Ministers meeting held in Mexico on Monday May 25, Canada, Mexico and the United States announced the launch of an energy partnership. A working group was established with the purpose of harmonizing and integrating climate change policy between the countries, enhancing regional cooperation.

During the meeting, the three Ministers – US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy of Mexico Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, and Canada's Minister of Natural Resources Greg Rickford – discussed the future of the energy sector in a regional perspective.

The agreement does not contain any binding target for emission reduction, but is rather meant to reinforce cooperation among signatories for a stronger integration of national climate policies. The trilateral efforts will focus on installing smart electricity grids, developing clean energy technology, improving energy efficiency, controlling emissions from the oil and gas sectors and promoting climate change adaptation and resilience measures.

The partnership builds on previous enhanced continental cooperation on energy and the environment announced in December 2014, when Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the trilateral cooperation was signed.

During the conference on Monday, Canadian Minister Rickford said the agreement could result in Canada to align with the regulation cutting methane emissions in the oil and gas sectors that was recently proposed by the US.

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