United States | Program Assistant, Energy Transition and Climate, Inter-American Dialogue
Michael Kerns joined the Inter-American Dialogue as a program assistant with the Energy Transition and Climate Program in September 2023. Kerns graduated summa cum laude from the University of Virginia’s Frank L. Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. He holds a BA with majors in public policy and history and with minors in Latin American studies and environmental science. Previously, he worked as a language assistant in Madrid, Spain as part of the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program.
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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.
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.
