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In 2021, Muhamad was elected as vice president of the national coordination board of the Colombia Humana party, after this political movement officially received its legal status. I added ciation here.

Muhamad is a nationally and internationally recognized environmentalist. She was the Former Director for Climate Action Planning for Latin America in C40 director. (I added this information+citation) Her work focuses on developing actions that allow Colombia to consolidate as a world power of life, through compliance with international agreements on climate change and loss of biodiversity, the protection of environmental defenders, and the fight against deforestation in the Amazon region (added citation).

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Muhamad has been clear regarding her positions on three of the most important issues on her agenda as environment minister. One of them, which has also been one of the most questioned by the opposition, is fracking. (I added link to fracking)

The government seeks to eliminate fracking as a means of extracting oil, since this means of extraction creates irreparable damage to the environment as well as to the atmosphere and water reserves. In June 2023, she made an appearance with Frankie, the activist dinosaur from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), delivered an urgent message to the House of Representatives to address the climate crisis and avoid extinction (added this informatin + citation). There was a call to halt the use of fossil fuels worldwide and to ban fracking in Colombia to prevent further expansion of the extractive frontier (added information + Citation).

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One of her multiple works focuses on two fundamental concepts: development and sustainability. She believes that while development focuses on material progress and economic growth in a context of globalization, sustainability focuses on preserving natural resources for future generations. The aim of sustainable development is to balance economic growth with the preservation of natural resources. Her studies seek to understand the relationship between development and environmental sustainability, exploring the tensions that have arisen in Western civilization over the last two centuries from various philosophical perspectives and viewpoints of different actors.

Dr. Susana Muhamad, embarked on an extensive and participatory process to establish regulations for Visual Outdoor Advertising (PEV) from an environmental perspective. This initiative was prompted by citizen feedback from the 2011 Multipurpose Survey, where 179,464 people expressed concerns about excessive advertising across the city. The administration aimed to develop a regulation framework through social and political legitimacy-building processes, involving various stakeholders such as academia, council members, interinstitutional representatives, and the PEV industry. This endeavor seeks to establish guidelines for environmentally sustainable PEV practices, addressing regulatory ambiguity and promoting responsible behavior among both private and public actors in Bogotá.

In the book El agua en la ciudad y los asentamientos urbanos, in the context of water management, it suggests rethinking the water-city relationship in Bogotá to address vulnerabilities caused by development. It advocates for viewing water management through a sustainability lens, emphasizing the need for new infrastructure to manage water during extreme weather events, promote biodiversity, and mitigate urban heat island effects. This includes reclaiming waterways, using permeable materials, and integrating green spaces into urban areas.

Additionally, in Handbook of Strategic Environmental Assessment she discusses the potential of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. She argues for including biodiversity as a key consideration in decision-making processes and outlines examples from international experiences, including South Africa and India, where SEA has been effective in supporting biodiversity conservation planning and stakeholder engagement.