Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, J. Pablo Ortiz-Partida, Meritxell Riquelme, Daniel C. Reed, James T. Randerson, Arturo Ramírez-Valdez, Peter Raimondi, P. Ed. Parnell, Víctor Hugo Páramo Figueroa, Julio Palleiro-Nayar, José Abraham Ortinez Álvarez, Philip C. Rosen, Paulina Oliva, Johannes Müller, Gabriela Montaño-Moctezuma, Giovanna Montagner, Donald B. Miles, Fiorenza Micheli, Fausto R. Méndez de la Cruz, Cristina Meléndez-Torres, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Teresita Romero Torres, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, Norberto Martínez Méndez, Guillermo Torres-Moye, José A. Zertuche-González, Antonio Yunez-Naude, Guillermo Woolrich-Piña, Michael F. Westphal, Luke Welton, Mercy Vaughn, Fernando I. Valle Jiménez, Jorge Valdez-Villavicencio, Kathleen K. Treseder, Jorge Torre, Victor Sánchez-Cordero, Joseph A.E. Stewart, Jared R. Stapp, Travis Stanton, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Jack W. Sites, Barry Sinervo, Ruairidh Sawers, Juan Carlos Santos, Samuel Sandoval-Solis, William J. Mautz, Víctor H. Luja, Andrew F. Johnson, Max C.N. Castorani, Joseph F.C. DiMento, Aníbal Díaz de la Vega Pérez, Todd Dawson, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau, Robert D. Cooper, Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Kyle Cavanaugh, Linh Anh Cat, Gamaliel Castañeda Gaytán, Matthew Edwards, Jennifer E. Caselle, Gabriel Caetano, Scott Butterfield, Rodrigo Beas-Luna, Diego M. Arenas Moreno, Jesús Arellano González, Michael F. Allen, Edith B. Allen, Mickey Agha, Saúl Domínguez Guerrero, Joshua R. Ennen, Alejandro López-Feldman, Danae Hernández-Cortés, Heather M. Leslie, Rafael A. Lara Reséndiz, Karla Joana López-Nava, Juan Jiménez-Osornio, G. Darrel Jenerette, Matthew B. Hufford, Raymond B. Huey, Scott Hillard, Gustavo Hernández-Carmona, Alan Hernández-Solano, Hector Estrada-Medina, Marco Antonio Heredia Fragoso, Susanna Hecht, Thomas Harmon, Morgan E. Gorris, Eric V. Goode, Paul M. Gibbons, Patricia Galina-Tessaro, Héctor Gadsden, Natalia Fierro-Estrada, J. Edward Taylor
The US and Mexico share a common history in many areas, including language and culture. They face ecological changes due to the increased frequency and severity of droughts and rising energy demands; trends that entail economic costs for both nations and major implications for human wellbeing. We describe an ongoing effort by the Environment Working Group (EWG), created by The University of California’s UC-Mexico initiative in 2015, to promote binational research, teaching, and outreach collaborations on the implications of climate change for Mexico and California. We synthesize current knowledge about the most pressing issues related to climate change in the US-Mexico border region and provide examples of cross-border discoveries and research initiatives, highlighting the need to move forward in six broad rubrics. This and similar binational cooperation efforts can lead to improved living standards, generate a collaborative mindset among participating universities, and create an international network to address urgent sustainability challenges affecting both countries.
Publication reference
Aburto-Oropeza, O., Johnson, A. F., Agha, M., Allen, E. B., Allen, M. F., González, J. A., Arenas Moreno, D. M., Beas-Luna, R., Butterfield, S., Caetano, G., Caselle, J. E., Gaytán, G. C., Castorani, M. C. N., Cat, L. A., Cavanaugh, K., Chambers, J. Q., Cooper, R. D., Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Dawson, T., … Taylor, J. E. (2018). Harnessing cross-border resources to confront climate change. Environmental Science & Policy, 87, 128–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.01.001
Publication | 12 December 2023
