In a plenary address commemorating World Environment Day, Baja California State Congressman Jesús Daniel Razo Córdoba called on citizens and institutions alike to strengthen environmental protection and deepen respect for animal welfare across the region.
Córdoba underscored the pressing need to confront the environmental and ethical challenges currently facing the state from climate volatility and pollution to water scarcity and habitat degradation. He framed these issues as shared responsibilities requiring urgent, coordinated action.
He also noted that while his generation did not create the global crises it now inherits, it bears the unavoidable duty to resolve them with foresight and determination.
“Discussing the environment and animal welfare is neither ideological nor a fleeting trend,” Razo Córdoba asserted. “It is a moral obligation to those who will come after us.”
Baja California is endowed with extraordinary natural assets, coastlines, valleys, mountains, and protected areas, but these resources are under mounting strain from inadequate waste management, deteriorating air quality, limited freshwater supplies, and unplanned urban expansion, he said.
Animal welfare, the congressman added, has emerged as a critical benchmark of a community’s humanity and social conscience.
Razo Córdoba commended the active involvement of young people, who have led cleanup drives, grassroots projects, and digital awareness campaigns. However, he stressed that individual efforts alone are insufficient unless matched by structural support from government, businesses, and public institutions.
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From the floor of the state Congress, Razo Córdoba reiterated the legislature’s duty to champion policies that reconcile economic growth with ecological responsibility.
He called for advancing efficient natural resource use, integrating environmental education into early schooling, and fostering a widespread culture of waste reduction and recycling.
“Young people do not want to inherit speeches,” he concluded. “We want to inherit solutions and a Baja California that is both competitive and sustainable, without mortgaging the resources of future generations. Protecting the environment and preserving life is the defining cause of our time.”
