Mexico has promised to cut its pollution by 25 percent from its current trajectory by 2030.

According to Bloomberg News, Mexico is the first developing nation to make a formal pledge in cutting global-warming pollution.

Environment Minister Juan Jose Guerra Abud said Friday that the Latin American nation expects greenhouse-gas emissions to peak by 2026 and then decline.

"It's obvious that global warming is already a reality," Guerra said. "It's without a doubt the principal challenge for humanity in the 21st century."

The United Nations has encouraged more than 190 countries to submit formal plans on cutting pollution by March 31 in a worldwide effort agreement on tackling climate change.

Mexico was just the fourth nation to make the submission after the European Union, Switzerland and Norway. All other nations have passed the deadline declining to submit the forms that would help the upcoming climate change meeting in Paris, which will take place in December.

The United States plans to cut emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent by 2025 but will not file its formal submission to the United Nations until the end of April.

U.S. President Barack Obama has made global warming one of his central goals in his administration. In his second term, he pushed for clean energy and pollution limits on coal-fired power plants.

Mexico's complete global warming strategy has two components, according to Planet Experts.

First, Mexico will reduce its greenhouse-gas by 22 percent and then reduce the production of black carbon by 50 percent.

Black carbon are airborne particles created from burning wood and fossil fuels, which have contributed to major health issues in areas with high industrial activity.

Rhea Suh, the president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, told Bloomberg that Mexico's pledge is an "ambitious and important commitment in the fight against global warming."

The Mexican government hopes to replace more than a third of the country's electricity-generation with renewables by 2024.