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The Wilson Center’s Latin America Energy Transition Initiative seeks to highlight critical minerals and renewable energy investment opportunities in the Americas, improve the investment climate for these projects, and encourage greater support by the United States and multilateral development banks for efforts to expand the region’s role in clean energy supply chains in the Western Hemisphere.
Brazil's Critical Minerals and the Global Clean Energy Revolution
In this new article, Patricia I. Vásquez, Global Fellow at the Wilson Center Latin America Program, offers an insightful analysis of the opportunities Brazil faces in the evolving critical minerals landscape, highlighting key challenges such as Brazil's complex tax policy and the lack of a fully integrated critical minerals strategy.
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Wilson Center Conference on US-Latin America Cooperation on the Global Energy Transition
Through high-level dialogues and policy research, the Wilson Center Latin America Energy Transition Initiative will highlight critical minerals and renewable energy investment opportunities in the Americas, improve the investment climate for these projects, and encourage greater support by the United States and multilateral development banks for efforts to expand the region’s role in clean energy supply chains in the Western Hemisphere. The initiative’s last major event was held on October 8, 2024, a high-level dialogue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Unlocking Green Hydrogen Development in South America
Join us on Monday, July 15 from 11:00am to 12:30pm for a conversation co-hosted by the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program and the Inter-American Development Bank on scaling up Latin America’s green hydrogen industry to accelerate the global energy transition.
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Tackling Methane Emissions in Latin America
"Advancing collaboration among our countries to promote renewable energies will benefit the region. In practice, the most cost-effective way to mitigate methane is simply to not consume fossil fuels. Shifting from natural gas and oil consumption to electrification will lower emissions and also provide access to lower transportation, heating, and industrial energy costs."
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Summary: Wilson Center Latin America Energy Transition Initiative
The Wilson Center’s Latin America recently unveiled its Energy Transition Initiative in Santiago, Chile, spotlighting opportunities around critical minerals, renewable investment projects, and ethical clean energy partnerships in the region. Watch this summary of the initiative’s launch:
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Wilson Center Conference on US-Chile Climate Action and the Energy Transition
The Wilson Center’s Latin America Program will host a full-day conference on Monday, November 6, 2023, in Santiago, Chile to highlight opportunities for greater cooperation between the United States and Chile to accelerate the global energy transition.
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Wilson Center-AmCham Conference on Climate Finance in Chile and Latin America: Pathways for Advancing the Global Energy Transition
The Wilson Center’s Latin America Program is hosting a dialogue on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, in Santiago, Chile on the role of climate finance and investment in Chile and Latin America for the global energy transition.
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Latin America Energy Transition Initiative
