she In fact, she specializes in energy efficiency He was one of thousands of scientists around the world who contributed to a chapter of the IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report. Not once, but twice, in 2007 and 2014, when she was a professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (the work of writing IPCC reports is voluntary).
However, what will he decide regarding the reduction of greenhouse gases Currently unknown : During the election campaign, you promised to invest in clean energies, but at the same time to continue the pro-fossil fuel policies of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whom you inherited. His victory last Sunday with some 59% This was thanks in part to the popularity of the outgoing president, who was barred by the constitution from running for another term.
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On the other hand, its number one environmental issue could be water. If this trend continues, Mexico City and its 23 million residents could find themselves without drinkable tap water this summer. Indeed, many neighborhoods have been suffering from shortages for months. At the national level, the election campaign unfolded as Mexicans faced a major challenge Early heatwave And one Dehydration for long periods.
At an event during the election campaign, she said that the state oil company, Pemex, should enter “other markets,” namely renewable energy. she Promise too With an investment of $13.6 billion in the latter.
But many ecologists And scientists Recent days have diminished hopes for his long-term environmental activism and status as a scientist. On the one hand, she is the runner-up to the outgoing president and is committed to continuing his policies. Especially by maintaining oil production at its current level. On the other hand, when she was mayor of Mexico City, from 2018 to 2023, she disappointed those who expected to combat air pollution, a recurring problem in major cities, as well as water shortages.
However, his work as a scientist can help him. In 2015, for example, she co-signed article Which examined how a national wind energy policy could be developed in cooperation with the most vulnerable local communities. Although he follows the line of the previous president, which was that energy production from gas and oil was done through A Desire to reduce Mexico's dependence on the United StatesHer work in the past has focused on the fact that this energy independence can rely more on green energies.
This is without taking into account that she is now the first female president She can leave her mark Related to women's rights, in addition to combating them – Rampant crime and high homicide rates.
