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SUMMARY:Clean Power In Latin America
DESCRIPTION:\nThursday, July 6, 2017 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM\nClean Power In Latin America\nLatin America has the cleanest power sector in the world, with over half of electricity generated by hydropower and other renewables. But Latin America – and the rest of the world – will ultimately need to fully decarbonize the power sector in order to combat climate change. The region’s power generation has increased by approximately 60% since 2000, and this trend is expected to continue for decades, driven by population and GDP growth.\nLatin America faces many challenges to decarbonizing the power sector, such as fossil fuel subsidies, the lack of a carbon tax or carbon market in most countries, and inadequate grid integration. However, expanding clean power could bring many benefits, such as energy security through the use of domestic energy resources, employment, and regional integration and technology development. A decarbonized power sector would also allow for reduced carbon emissions from the transport sector through the expansion of electric vehicles fueled by clean power.\nWhat are the prospects for and potential pathways to decarbonizing electricity sectors in Latin America? What are the barriers and opportunities for clean power in the region? How does Latin America compare to other regions in efforts to implement clean power policies?\nJoin us for a discussion with Walter Vergara, senior fellow at the World Resources Institute, Samantha Gross, fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative, and Gabriela Elizondo Azuela, senior energy specialist at the World Bank Group.\nFollow this event on Twitter at #DialogueClimate and @The_Dialogue\nSPEAKERS:\nWALTER VERGARA\nSenior Fellow, World Resources Institute (@_WalterVergara)\nSAMANTHA GROSS\nFellow, Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative, Brooking Institution (@BrookingsFP)\nGABRIELA ELIZONDO AZUELA\nSenior Energy Specialist, World Bank Group (@WBG_Energy)\nMODERATOR:\nLISA VISCIDI\nDirector, Energy, Climate Change, and Extractive Industries Program, Inter-American Dialogue (@lviscidi)\n1155 15th Street NW\nWashington DC, DC 20005\nUnited States\n\n\n\nPosted By: AdminR – Thursday, 01 June, 2017 at 12:00 AM\n\n
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