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Scott, Jordyn White, and Heather Kreidler, Editors Committee on Sustainability Partnerships in the U.S.–Mexico Drylands Region Board on Environmental Change and Society Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education A Consensus Study Report of and Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, Academia de Ingeniería de México, y Academia Nacional de Medicina de México Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 This activity was supported by contracts between the National Academies of Sci- ences, Engineering, and Medicine, the Mexican Academies, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Endowment for Sustainability Sciences at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (unnumbered), and the National Academy of Sciences W.K. Kellogg Foun- dation Fund (unnumbered). 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Website: www.anmm.org.mx Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE U.S.–MEXICO DRYLANDS REGION CHRISTOPHER A. SCOTT (Chair), Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona BERNARD AMADEI, University of Colorado Boulder (resigned on 3/20/2020) ANTHONY BEBBINGTON, Clark University Graduate School of Geography ROBERT BULLARD, Texas Southern University (resigned on 4/6/2020) ALFONSO ANDRÉS CORTEZ-LARA, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte-Sede Mexicali ALMA COTA DE YÁÑEZ, FESAC Fundación del Empresariado, Sonorense, A.C. HALLIE EAKIN, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University CONSTANTINO DE JESÚS MACÍAS GARCIA, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México NATALIA MARTÍNEZ-TAGÜEÑA, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica BENJAMIN L. PRESTON, RAND Corporation (resigned on 9/28/2020) ROGER S. PULWARTY, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration EXEQUIEL ROLÓN, Fresnillo PLC KELLY TWOMEY SANDERS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California Consultant ELISABETH HUBER-SANNWALD, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica Staff JORDYN WHITE, Study Director TOBY WARDEN, Board Director ADAM K. JONES, Senior Program Assistant TINA M. LATIMER, Program Coordinator HEATHER KREIDLER, Project Consultant JOSÉ FRANCO, Project Consultant (Mexican Academies Representative) JOSÉ LUIS MORÁN, Project Consultant (Mexican Academies Representative) RENATA VILLALBA, Program Associate (Mexican Academies Representative) v Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships BOARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND SOCIETY KRISTIE L. EBI (Chair), Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), University of Washington, Seattle HALLIE C. EAKIN, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University LORI M. HUNTER, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder KATHARINE L. JACOBS, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions and Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona MICHAEL ANTHONY MENDEZ, Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy, University of California, Irvine RICHARD G. NEWELL, Resources for the Future, Washington, DC ASEEM PRAKASH, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle MAXINE L. SAVITZ, Technology/Partnership Honeywell Inc. (retired), Los Angeles, CA MICHAEL P. VANDENBERGH, School of Law, Vanderbilt University JALONNE L. WHITE-NEWSOME, Empowering a Green Environment and Economy, LLC, Troy, MI CATHY L. WHITLOCK, Paleoecology Lab, Montana State University ROBYN S. WILSON, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University TOBY WARDEN, Director vi Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships Reviewers This Consensus Study Report was reviewed in draft form by individu- als chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published report as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Elena Centeno García, UNAM Center for Mexican Studies, University of Arizona, Centro de Estudios Mexicanos UNAM Tucson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Katharine L. Jacobs, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, Arizona Institutes for Resilience, University of Arizona; Stephen P. Mumme, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University; Nicolás Pineda-Pablos, Department of Government and Public Policy, El Colegio de Sonora, México; Alexis Racelis, Department of Biology, College of Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; and Sandi Rosenbloom, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin. vii Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships viii REVIEWERS Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive com- ments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations of this report nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Susan Hanson, Depart- ment of Geography, Clark University, and Arun Agrawal, School for Envi- ronment and Sustainability, University of Michigan. They were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with the standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the authoring committee and the National Academies. Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Advancing United States-Mexico Binational Sustainability Partnerships Preface Individually, each country’s National Academies bring together expertise in science, engineering, and medicine to devise evidence-based solutions to pressing national challenges. Less frequently, challenges that are global or transboundary in nature may be addressed through national efforts. And in even rarer circumstances, challenges that are identified as being binational in their ambit and that require binational expertise for their solutions are the subject of collaboration by two countries’ National Academies. This consensus study is one such rare case. The present report and the process behind it represent a pioneering example of binational cooperation, in which the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine jointly identified drylands sustainability as a challenge that affects an extensive region including but not limited to the two nations’ border. More importantly, both countries’ National Academies recognized that diagnosis, assessment, engagement, and solution needed to be not just binational but also interdisciplinary, involving experts with varied training, as well as transdisciplinary, building on expertise from civil society and the private sector. Further, to demonstrate its global relevance, the study assesses U.S. and Mexican challenges in the context of global sustainable development as defined by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular Goal 17, which calls for multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral part- nerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society. ix Copyright National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.