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Planet-Centered Development: SDG7, SDG9, and SDG15 in Focus

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This chapter discusses SDGs 7, 9, and 15 covering access to clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable industrialization, and safeguarding biodiversity. It revolves around three interrelated megaprojects of the López Obrador administration: the oil refinery Olmeca in Dos Bocas, the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and the Maya Train. The chapter highlights concern with the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainable development reflected in these megaprojects, in particular, as regards their execution (cost overruns, misuse of environmental impact assessments and popular consultations) and their capacity for boosting productivity and employment, besides their environmental and social impacts. Another issue involves the need for investing in scientific and technological development enabling technological shifts in production systems. Moreover, the chapter raises doubts about the growing role of Mexico’s Armed Forces in infrastructure development to achieve Mexico’s “Fourth Transformation” under the ‘de-risking state’ development paradigm.

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Villanueva Ulfgard, R. (2023). Planet-Centered Development: SDG7, SDG9, and SDG15 in Focus. In: Mexico and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44728-0_3

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