Dear @ClimateEnvoy John Kerry:
Today you are in Mexico meeting with President @lopezobrador_ to talk about climate change and hear Mexico's proposal to expand its tree planting program, 'Sembrando Vida' to Central America.
Some things you should keep in mind:
Today you are in Mexico meeting with President @lopezobrador_ to talk about climate change and hear Mexico's proposal to expand its tree planting program, 'Sembrando Vida' to Central America.
Some things you should keep in mind:
1. 'Sembrando Vida' may encourage deforestation.
It may have caused 72,000 hectares of forest to be cut down in 2019 by allowing beneficiaries to clear existing forests and then get paid to plant new trees, according to @WorldResources
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
It may have caused 72,000 hectares of forest to be cut down in 2019 by allowing beneficiaries to clear existing forests and then get paid to plant new trees, according to @WorldResources
bloomberg.com/news/features/…
2. President @lopezobrador_ opposes wind and solar energy production and is on a quest to remove it from Mexico's grid.
ft.com/content/deafe6…
ft.com/content/deafe6…
3. President @lopezobrador_ has invested billions of $ in reviving coal, oil, and gas power generation in Mexico.
He is even re-activating coal power plants that were set to be closed.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
He is even re-activating coal power plants that were set to be closed.
theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
4. The @lopezobrador_ administration fiddled the numbers in its 2020 Paris Agreement action plan to allow Mexico to produce more carbon emissions than it originally committed to.
climateactiontracker.org/climate-target…
climateactiontracker.org/climate-target…
5. Mexico is one of the world's top 15 emitters of greenhouse gases.
I hope you will use this meeting to remind @lopezobrador_ of Mexico's responsibility to reduce its carbon emissions.
I hope you will use this meeting to remind @lopezobrador_ of Mexico's responsibility to reduce its carbon emissions.
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