The president of Mexicohas said that production of beer in the north of the country is "stopping" as the region faces severe water shortages. I said.
Much of northern Mexico is experiencing or worsening "severe" drought, with major cities such as Monterrey Water is being distributed. But Mexico is also the world's largestbeer exporterwith more than $5 billion worth of beer shipped by 2021.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday of beer production: It is supported on the southern or southeastern extremities of countries that do not face dangerously dry conditions.
"This is not to say we will no longer produce beer. We will not produce beer in the North. It is over," the president said at a press conference.} Bloomberg reported .
"If they want to continue and grow their beer production, they need all the support to the South or Southeast."
Mexico is home to many world-famous beer brands such as Modelo, Dos Equis and Tecate. Grupo Modelo, which produces beers such as Modelo, Corona and Pacifico, has breweries in the northern states of Coahuila, Zacatecas and Sinaloa. The company is owned by AB InBev, which also produces Budweiser and Stella Artois.
Heineken, which owns the Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma brewery, which produces Dos Equis and Tecate among others, has a facility in Monterrey, Bloomberg reports.
Monterrey, a city near the US border, has more than five million people living in its metropolitan area. Parts of the city have lost running water this summer as the drought has dried up local water reservoirs.
Last week, theNew York Timesreported that some parts of the city had run out of water for 75 days.
According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading global authority on climate,the climate crisiswill increase the frequency and intensity of droughts as the planet warms. Science is expected to increase.
Currently, global temperatures are about 1.2 degrees Celsius higher than his 19th century temperatures. As the world heats up places such as Mexico, northern South America and the southwestern United States will become even drier, he says, the IPCC.
According to the Climate Action Tracker, an independent analysis of global climate policy,the world is on track to reach her 2.7°C temperature rise by the end of the century.
