Glasgow, November 11. As of this writing, rays of lucidity and leadership have emerged, on the one hand, from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who has boldly presented a document that would make COP 26 a milestone in the history of the fight against it. global warming. On the other hand, the United States and China surprised with an important joint statement. I hope I am not wrong. The texts are clear on a reduction of emissions consistent with the imperative that the planet’s temperature does not rise beyond 1.5 – 2.0 degrees Celsius, and reach zero net emissions by 2050. One or the other instrument proposes, among other things, to leave behind the use of coal, an accelerated energy transition, carbon markets, channeling sufficient financing to poor countries for mitigation and adaptation purposes, majority electric vehicles by 2035 and massive forest restoration. All of this, in accordance with the overall agenda of COP26, which revolves around greater ambition in reducing emissions through stricter commitments in the new NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions). Other substantive issues have to do with adaptation to climate change, technologies, loss and damage (reparations to the poorest countries for the effects of global warming). When Mexico exercised climate leadership and commitment in the world, the Mexican delegation in Glasgow would have integrated a consistent agenda, promoting it intensely in the negotiation processes and lanes. The Mexican delegation would be chaired by a secretary of state with stature and knowledge, and made up of competent personnel from SENER, CONAFOR, CONANP, SEMARNAT, SADER and the Foreign Ministry, supported by experts in economics, technologies, public policies and multilateral negotiations.
Unfortunately it has not been so. The Mexican delegation has been conspicuous for its lack of commitment and leadership, its hierarchical and technical level has been negligible, and it has lacked a serious agenda to address the core issues of COP 26. In fact, the Mexican delegation has eluded the essential issues , weighed down by its own limitations and by the unpresentable and regressive policies of its supreme leader, President López. It has even been the subject of formal remarks by UN organizations (for example, in the presentation of the Emissions Gap Report) about the gap between the emission reductions required to avoid catastrophic consequences on the planet’s climate, and the commitments up to now achieved by different groups of countries. There, our country was indicted as a transgressor and pariah, who has deliberately taken an absurd route back to fossil fuels. Furthermore, Mexico has been stigmatized as “Fossil of the Day” for these reasons.
The Mexican delegation only assumes peripheral issues and does not promote an agenda of consistent content, such is the case of its emphasis on human rights, girls’ rights, gender equality, and indigenous peoples, which is not that they are unimportant, but that in the context of COP 26 they are only a smokescreen to hide the serious deficits in their integration and participation. It is curious that political correctness is their most important currency, and that they even consider as their greatest achievement, the fact that the Mexican delegation is made up of almost 80% women, which in itself says nothing about competition, leadership and hierarchy . The late and hollow participation of the Secretary of SEMARNAT has also been eloquent of the Mexican deficiencies. His participation in the ministerial segment of COP 26 has been truly disastrous, speaking with lies and ravings, and of course political correctness “Woke”. For example, it once again emphasized human rights, gender, girls, and indigenous peoples, the ineffable and devastating clientelistic program “Sembrando Vida”, glyphosate, and corruption, and launched against transgenics and clean energy companies (“contracts dirty ”).
Mexico’s performance at this COP 26 is a faithful reflection of the government of President López, who has gained fame here as backward and inept. It could not be otherwise. There is no way in which the Mexican delegation can sign a transcendent document for the conclusion of COP26. It would be a supreme act of juggling, cynicism and hypocrisy. They would at least have political honesty if they refused to sign it.
@g_quadri
Civil Engineer and Economist
Green Seriously
Politician, liberal environmentalist and Mexican researcher, he has served as a public official and activist in the private sector. He was a candidate of the Nueva Alianza party for President of Mexico in the 2012 elections.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx