Heat anxiety and grief over land loss: Climate change sends us to therapy

In the hottest months of 2024 — a year in which Mexico (and the world) reached record-high temperatures — Yanine Quiroz began to experience fatigue and anxiety. This prevented her from working during the day. “I was very afraid to see the water shortage and how all my family and friends were suffering,” the 33-year-old journalist sighs. She’s from Ecatepec, one of the municipalities most affected by the drought in the State of Mexico (Edomex), made up of the areas surrounding the capital. Last year, there were fears that “day zero” had arrived, when drinking water reserves would run out.

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Coordination and editing:

Lorena Arroyo Valles

Visual editing:

Héctor Guerrero

Text:

María Mónica Monsalve and Alejandra Cuéllar.

Video:

Jaclyn Lichtn (U.S.),  Gladys Serrano (Mexico), Chelo Camacho (Colombia), Karen Toro (Ecuador) and Sofía Yanjarí (Chile).

Photography:

Ginnette Riquelme and Emiliano Molina.

Fuente: El País