Alicia Bárcena committed to strengthening environmental policy on the second floor of the Fourth Transformation under the direction of the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, as part of the 100 commitments she presented to the people of Mexico in the Zócalo of Mexico City .
Upon taking office yesterday as the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat), Bárcena Ibarra highlighted her commitment to “promoting renewable energies, the objective of which is to have a 45 percent share in 2030. Standards will be promoted so that “The vehicles sold in Mexico are efficient and do not consume as much gasoline and diesel, and electromobility is promoted.”
In a statement, the agency highlighted that the official will also “work on the cleaning and sanitation of the three most polluted rivers in the country: the Lerma-Santiago River, which originates in the State of Mexico and crosses Querétaro, Guanajuato and Michoacán, to flow into Lake Chapala, Jalisco; the Tula River, in Hidalgo; the Atoyac River, in Puebla and Tlaxcala.”
In addition, “priority will be maintained on access to water, the rescue of forests and jungles through reforestation, waste management with the construction of garbage recycling plants, and air pollution, mainly in cities such as Monterrey, Guadalajara and Ciudad of Mexico.”
Bárcena Ibarra, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, thanked María Luisa Albores González for the work carried out at Semarnat during the last six-year term, during yesterday’s ceremony for the handover and reception of command, this agency specified in its statement.
He added that he later met with his work team to dictate the main guiding axes of the humanist ecological and environmental policy that will govern the actions of the sector he heads.
From her X account, Bárcena stated: “I met with the Semarnat team to initiate humanist environmental policy actions instructed by President Claudia Sheinbaum. With enthusiasm we begin the task of caring for the environment and its natural heritage for the development and well-being of Mexico.”
Semarnat added in its statement that this is “how continuity will be given to Mexican humanism, with the principles of the Fourth Transformation, which establish that the development and well-being of the Mexican people can be strengthened only through care of the environment and resources.” natural”.
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– 2024-10-07 03:55:34
