Benemérita Universidad Autónoma De Puebla

Materia: Ingles
Profesor: Ignacio Romero Tehuitzil
Alumno: Fernando Saul Vargas Trápala
Matricula: 201729981
Talking about the climate change
Mexico is known for its incredible Rio Grande and the
breathtaking Sierra Madre. For centuries, the Mayan,
Aztec, and Toltec people built their lives there. It was
the birthplace of renowned painters Frida Kahlo and
Diego Rivera. But today, climate change is
transforming Mexico’s geography, environment, and
future a country that more than 120 million people call
home.

As Mexico City’s chief resiliency officer, Arnoldo

Kramer, said to the New York Times , “Climate change
has become the biggest long-term threat to this city’s
future. And that’s because it is linked to water, health,
air pollution, traffic disruption from floods, housing
vulnerability to landslides which means we can’t begin
to address any of the city’s real problems without
facing the climate issue.”

And we’d argue the same is true for the rest of the
nation and the world. Climate change touches every
aspect of our lives.

Here are three leading ways climate change is already

hitting Mexico and its people. Plus, as a bonus, two
ways you can take action today to help solve the
climate crisis.
As Mexico (and our world) becomes warmer, the
fingerprints of climate change can be seen everywhere
you look. Climate scientists observe impacts like sea-
level rise, longer and more intense wildfire seasons,
and devastating droughts (just to name a few). And
more importantly, everyday people experience the
effects.
Mexico City is especially thirsty. Centuries ago, the city
(then called Tenochtitlan) was known as “the Venice Of
The New World” because of its enormous lakes. But
today, Mexico City must pump water from deep
underground in fact, it gets “as much as 40 percent of
the its water from remote source .”

Climate change, while not the only factor, is predicted

to only make this dire situation worse, and the impact
will fall heaviest on poor communities. We're already
seeing these insecurities play out as water becomes
scarce in cities like Cape Town, South Africa.