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MexicoDrought

Environmental education and food resilience through food rescue and recycling in Tenango del Valle, State of Mexico

In central Mexico, drought and water stress affect food systems and increase the vulnerability of families with fewer resources. In Tenango del Valle, the SUSANA youth initiative strengthens local food resilience: it rescues food that is about to expire and turns it into food pantries for vulnerable families, with school and community brigades that also recycle PET to finance the operation. In 2025 it will benefit around 1,700 people.

Measure
Education
Territory
Temperate mountain ranges
Youth participation
SUSANA was created by Nally García Medina and is led by young people, who organize school and community brigades to collect PET and food, raise awareness among students about recycling and using food, and set up food pantries for vulnerable families.
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MexicoSea level rise

Strengthening coastal capacities and resilience through mangroves in Río Lagartos, Yucatán

In Río Lagartos (Yucatán), in the face of rising sea levels and coastal vulnerability, the Raíces project (WWF Mexico and UNDP Mexico) articulates the protection and restoration of mangroves with the strengthening of community capacities. In this framework, 150 primary, secondary and high school students participated in the Environmental Challenge, designing local mangrove conservation proposals for climate resilience and receiving the Resilience Badge.

Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Tropical dry forests
Youth participation
Youth act as key agents in the community protection of mangroves within the Raíces project, promoted by WWF Mexico and UNDP Mexico. Through the Environmental Challenge in three local schools, 150 students were trained as ecological stewards and designed local adaptation and resilience initiatives.
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MexicoSea level rise

Community mangrove restoration with a gender perspective in Yucatán, Mexico

In Chelem, Progreso (Yucatán), in the face of rising sea levels and coastal erosion, the intergenerational community brigade "Las Chelemeras" implements ecological restoration of mangroves with leadership of young women. Through manual opening of hydrological channels, clearing and reforestation of black mangrove, they recovered more than 50 hectares of ecosystem that function as a natural coastal protection barrier for the fishing community.

Measure
Ecosystem restoration
Territory
Tropical dry forests
Youth participation
The intergenerational women's brigade has young leadership: Leslie Daniela Ruiz Hernández received the 2024 Youth Merit Award for this project. The youngest members take on the heavier manual tasks, such as opening channels and removing sediment.
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MexicoSea level rise

Planned relocation and community support in the face of sea level rise in El Bosque, Tabasco

Faced with rising sea levels and coastal erosion in El Bosque (Tabasco), the youth organization Nuestro Futuro A.C., made up of young women, accompanied the community legally and socially in the process that culminated in 2024 with the first official climate relocation in Mexico: 51 families were moved to safe homes. The case positioned climate displacement on the national and international adaptation agenda.

Measure
Infrastructure
Territory
Tropical moist forests
Youth participation
Nuestro Futuro A.C., made up mostly of young women, has legally supported the relocation of El Bosque. Community youth leaders have also emerged that defend their rights and participate in national and international advocacy spaces, such as the IACHR and ADAPTAMX.
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