  Multidimensional poverty measurement has captured the attention of
policy-makers and researchers during recent years. Mexico is one of the most
advanced countries in the measurement of poverty beyond income indicators.
However, both in Mexico and other countries which have attempted at measuring
poverty from a multidimensional perspective, the environmental dimension, has
been well under-represented. Based on international evidence and, using the
welfare-rights based methodological framework used in Mexico to measure
multi-dimensional poverty officially, the paper proposes an indicator and six
sub-indicators for measuring the lack of a minimum welfare to fulfil the right
to a healthy environment through 6 sub-indicators measuring effective access,
quality and continuity with regards to water, energy, biodiversity, air,
spatial health, waste management and the vulnerability to poverty from climate
change impacts.
