Mexico’s New President: Climate and Energy Policies Under Claudia Sheinbaum

This week we discuss Mexico’s post-election landscape with Diego Rivera Rivota of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy. In June, Claudia Sheinbaum won a resounding victory in Mexico’s presidential election. A climate scientist by background, Sheinbaum is expected to continue many of her predecessor’s energy and climate policies. But how might things shift? 

For more information on Mexico's energy sector read, For North American Energy Security, Go Local: Examining the Role of Natural Gas and Mexico’s Energy Sector.

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Ben Cahill
Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Diego Rivera Rivota

Diego Rivera Rivota

Senior Research Associate, The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
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Quill Robinson
Assistant Director and Associate Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program