Gemma Santana, director of the 2030 Agenda of the Office of the President of the Republic, said that the Mexican government is already working to promote clean energy and the inclusion of the communities where these projects are carried out. During his participation in the virtual conference: “Sustainable Development Goals and my commitment to reciprocity”, he explained that after an analysis carried out on renewable energy companies, especially those related to the Energy Reform, a new route of action to “generate greater transparency in projects, avoid corruption, promote projects that have nothing to do with the inclusion of communities and respect for their uses and customs .” He announced that a meeting was held with Antonio del Valle, president of the Mexican Business Council (CMN), an organization made up of 60 companies that contribute more than 25% of Mexico's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The main objective of this meeting was to move public policies on the matter away from the extremes that, on the one hand, support fossil energies or, on the contrary, only promote renewable energies, leaving aside the inclusion of communities.
He added that the result was an energy policy that will be announced in “a few weeks,” which aims to integrate clean energies more strongly. The President of the Republic “is increasingly aware that renewable energies are linked not only to the economy, but also to health,” he assured. It is worth mentioning that these advances come after the controversy that arose when an agreement by the National Energy Control Center (Cenace) came into force that limited the generation of America Cell Phone Number List renewable energy and prohibited the emission in tests of clean plants that were about to start. , a decision that accumulates several protections against him. What is the government doing to implement the 2030 Agenda? During the webinar, given to students from the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Gemma Santana assured that the most accurate strategy that this government has had is to directly approach the states and municipalities with the greatest economic backwardness, or with problems in line with those raised by the SDGs. In this vein, he reported that this year the government of Tabasco, together with the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (Sedatu) delivered the first self-construction and 3D home in the world.
A model that is printed in 24 hours and that is intended to be taken to places in extreme poverty to create “SDG communities”, in a challenge that will ensure decent housing for thousands of Mexicans and, in turn, will contribute to reparation of the social fabric of the country. “The quality of housing determines many issues with families, those who do not have decent housing have the worst situations of insecurity and violence, and future hitmen and future criminals are sown,” he highlighted. He also indicated that together with the Ministry of Tourism of the Federal Government (Sectur), they are working on a platform to generate alliances with different sectors of the country that strengthen small businesses in the sector that have been affected by the current pandemic in Mexico. “He who does not have flow right now is the big loser, he is the one who has a great impact on his life. How are we going to help the smallest tourism, those that live from day to day, to get ahead? Well, guaranteeing advance sales and generating that money through a digital economy,” he explained.