Pledging to cut greenhouse gas and short-lived climate pollutants 25 percent by 2030, Mexico has become the first developing nation to submit pollutant reduction goals for next fall's climate change talks, which will be held in Paris.

Following an ambitious plan to slash by half their "black carbon" pollutants, which are produced by the burning of wood, dung, coal and some diesel fuel, Mexico's Environment Department has stated that the country's total greenhouse emissions would peak and stop growing in absolute terms by 2026.

Environmental activists along with the U.S. government have praised Mexico's climate conscious plans.

Jennifer Morgan, global director of the World Resources Institute's climate program, commented on the environmental strategy, saying, "While the devil is in the details, Mexico's plan to peak its emissions by 2026 is particularly encouraging and should inspire others to follow a similar course."

Mexico has promised to completely eliminate deforestation by 2030, which is no small feat as the country has between 2005 and 2010 lost around 383,000 acres of vegetation cover each year due to rampant deforestation.

Jose Antonio Meade, the Mexican foreign relations secretary, said, "This announcement makes Mexico the first emerging market and the first developing country to make a tentative pledge to the Paris Accord."

According to The Associated Press, The White House has announced that this spring Mexico and the United States will launch together a "high-level bilateral clean energy and climate change policy task force."

This joint U.S.-Mexico environmental effort will concentrate on creating fuel-efficient fleets of vehicles as well as focusing on areas of "clean energy, grid modernizations, appliance standards and energy efficiency."

In order to accomplish their goals Mexico will have to cut emissions at the same time that their economy and population will be growing.

Mexico represents only 1.4 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions.