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Renewable Energy in the Americas: Charging Ahead

Date & Time

Tuesday
Jun. 23, 2020
11:00am – 12:00pm ET

Location

Online Webinar

Overview

Last year, during the run up to the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Madrid, Latin America set an ambitious, regional target – to have 70 percent of its energy use come from renewable sources by 2030.

As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on economies throughout the region, the renewable energy sector may provide a unique opportunity for attracting foreign direct investment and creating jobs in the formal sector, all the while reducing the region’s carbon footprint to mitigate climate change. 

The production costs of clean energy have declined dramatically in recent years; this cost reduction constitutes an economic boon for nations with limited supplies of traditional energy such as oil and gas, but with some of the most abundant sources of renewable energy on the planet—including solar, wind, and geothermal. At the same time, Latin American countries that remain major producers of oil, gas, and coal can significantly reduce carbon emissions by shifting their domestic energy matrices to renewable sources. Chile and Uruguay have made tremendous strides in developing renewable energy capacities that meet growing energy demand.  While Argentina has had a lower percentage of its total energy generation from renewable sources, the country has invested heavily in developing the sector in recent years.

Please join us on Tuesday, June 23, from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., to discuss the opportunities for renewable energy in the Americas with leading experts from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and the Inter-American Development Bank.


Hosted By

Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more

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