Member in the News: Marina Silva
Marina Silva, Inter-American Dialogue member and minister of Environment and Climate Change in Brazil, has been named as one of the TIME’s 100 most influential people in 2024.
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Caribbean Energy Synergies
To better understand the role of Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago both globally and in the Caribbean, the Inter-American Dialogue convened a group of experts as part of the event Caribbean Energy Synergies.
North American Energy Integration: Conflict Resolution Under USMCA
This report, written in collaboration with COMEXI and the University of Calgary explores what routes to de-escalation exist under the US-Canada-Mexico energy dispute resolution talks.
Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities: Making Development Impacts through Remittances
On January 12, 2024, the Inter-American Dialogue released the report “Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities: Making Development Impacts through Remittances.” The report, produced by Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development program, Jaqueline Barrios, country coordinator for Guatemala, and Patrick Springer, program associate, reviews results and impacts of the program’s local development initiative in the Guatemalan municipalities of San Marcos, and Amatitlán.
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La agenda ambiental y climática en Colombia: autoridades locales hablan
Colombia ha sido ejemplar en la apuesta por una transformación económica verde. Para reconocer sus esfuerzos y escuchar más sobre los retos y logros de la agenda ambiental local en Colombia, el Diálogo Interamericano reunió a cinco figuras locales para discutir sus planes y ambiciones.
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Elections Series – Illuminating Argentina’s Energy Future
In the wake of the pivotal 2023 Argentine election, the Inter-American Dialogue convened a group of experts on November 21 to weigh in on energy policy under a Milei administration.
Member in the News: Christiana Figueres
Christiana Figueres, Inter-American Dialogue member and Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is part of the BBC’s 100 Women 2023.
Panelists Discuss the Oil Peak, the IRA and CHIPS, and Decarbonization Strategies
The Seventh Annual Latin America Energy Conference convened experts to explore how tools like energy diplomacy, strategic investments, regulation, technology, and information could square these countries’ urgent need to decarbonize with their continued extraction of fossil fuel resources.
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A Conversation with Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali
On September 13, 2023, President Irfaan Ali joined Inter-American Dialogue President & CEO Rebecca Bill Chavez for a conversation on sustainable management of oil & gas revenue and the future of US-Guyana ties.
Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities – Solid Waste in San Marcos, Guatemala
As part of the “environmental management” component of the Prosperity and Progress in Intermediate Cities project, these slides present the results of a survey conducted in three municipalities in the department of San Marcos, Guatemala: San Marcos, San Antonio Sacatepéquez, and San Pedro Sacatepéquez.
Democracy, Migration, and Climate Change: An Assessment of the Intersectional Crisis in Latin America
Rebecca Bill Chavez discusses the intersectional crisis in Latin America by assessing democracy, migration, and climate change in The Burn Bag podcast.
Hallazgos del Primer Foro de Gobernanza Climática Inclusiva: Opinión y participación pública en América Latina
Este informe es el resultado del Primer Foro de Gobernanza Climática Inclusiva organizaron para el Programa de Transición Energética y Clima del Diálogo Interamericano y la fundación Konrad Adenauer.
Funding the Fight Against Climate Change
Experts discussed the call for reforming multilateral development banks (MDBs) to adjust their incentives and operating models to address the climate crisis and how green finance and other innovative methods can help drive the energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Impactos climáticos y resiliencia en la República Dominicana
La lucha contra el cambio climático en la República Dominicana fue el tema principal de la Séptima Edición de la Cátedra Magistral Ambiental, organizada el 6 de junio por la Universidad Central del Este, la Fundación Propagas, y el Diálogo Interamericano.
Nicaragua and CAFTA: Noncompliance with the Agreement
The purpose of this memo is to note the existence of partial violations to the Central America and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement with the United States known as CAFTA-DR.