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Martha Delgado
Undersecretary of Multilateral Affairs & Human Rights - Foreign Affairs Ministry of México
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S h e i s a n e n v i r o nm en ta li st
r e n o wn e d na t iona l ly an d
i n t e r na t io na l ly , wi th o v e r 29 y ear s
of pr of ession al exp eri ence in
p u b l i c s e r v i c e t h ro u gh t h e P u b l i c
F e d e r a l A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d N G O s .
Her outstanding role as Minister of
Environment of Mexico City
involved key projects such as the
Barter Market, which encouraged
community-based, local economies.
This consolidated the Ci t y ’s
leadership on a global scale.
During her tenure, she also devised
and implemented several strategies
for faster, cleaner mobility, such as
the public bikes program ECOBICI,
first of its kind in Latin America,
which has improved costs and
quality of life for millions of
citizens .