MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Anders Manuel Lepez Obrador promised on Monday that tough action on climate change would help the US government.
Speaking at an event with US climate envoy John Kerry, Lepez Obrador said that we are going to support the plan promoted by President (Joe) Biden ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, Scotland at the end of the month.
Kerry appeared with the Mexican leader at a ceremony in Mexico’s tree planting program, which Lépez Obrador has touted as the answer to both climate change and migration. This program gives farmers a monthly stipend for planting and caring for trees.
Lépez Obrador has long wanted the United States to provide funding for the expansion of the program in Central America, but the US government has been hesitant because there is evidence that some farmers have used existing funds to obtain funding for re-planting. money has been used. Cut down the forest
Carey also took care to avoid mentioning Alpez Obrador’s fascination with fossil fuels. The Mexican leader is building new oil refinery capacity and supporting government-owned power plants that burn coal and fuel oil.
Nor did Kerry mention Mexican leaders’ plans to limit power purchases from private, foreign-owned solar and wind power projects.
Experts say Lpez Obrador’s policies could jeopardize Mexico’s compliance with existing carbon reduction commitments. The president argues that a plan to increase hydroelectric capacity would allow Mexico to meet those goals.
But Kerry praised the deforestation effort.
“Whenever I talk about the challenge of the climate crisis, yes, I talk about energy and energy choices,” Kerry said. But I always talk about nature based solutions.
Carey said the transition to electric vehicles would lead to high-paying jobs here in Mexico “because many American automakers have assembly plants here.”
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