Former Climate Scientist Elected First Woman President of...

Former Climate Scientist Elected First Woman President of Mexico

CARBON BRIEF (today): Claudia Sheinbaum, a former climate scientist and head of Mexico City's government, has been elected as the first woman president of Mexico, Axios reports.

"A member of the left-wing ruling party Morena, she has “proposed policies similar to those of her mentor, outgoing president Andrés Manuel López Obrador”, the news website explains.

"Sheinbaum won in a “landslide” victory, beating her nearest rival from a centre-right opposition coalition by more than 30 percentage points, according to the Financial Times.

"The New York Times says Sheinbaum has “ample” experience.

"The newspaper notes that she has a PhD in energy engineering and was an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) author in 2007, when it earned a Nobel Peace Prize.

"A profile of the new president for Mexican newspaper El Universal explains how Sheinbaum, who was a co-author of the industry chapter for the IPCC report in question, “has been recognised internationally for her work in physics and energy”. Le Monde describes Sheinbaum as “a climate scientist with a social conscience”. "