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The Energy Transition and Climate Program accelerates a just energy transition, advance climate action, and expand access to clean, secure, and affordable energy in the Western Hemisphere.
By convening experts, policymakers, corporate leaders, and civil society to share balanced, innovative, action-oriented analysis, and best practices, the program aims to enhance energy security and action on the climate crisis in line with the objectives and timeline of the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.
The Program advances a robust agenda of analysis and events throughout the hemisphere on issues including:
Promoting the path to a just energy transition in the Americas
Leading climate action in the Americas
Addressing the role of international relations, geopolitics, and trade in energy and climate
Featured projects
Unlocking Latin America’s Energy Potential: A Regional Push for Integration and Sustainability
Building Foundations: Rule of Law and Regulation for Energy Transitions in Latin America and the Caribbean
Transforming Energy, Empowering Women: A Gender-Focused Approach to Latin America’s Energy Future
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April 9, 2026
Ormuz y el shock de precios del petróleo: otro costo de la guerra en Irán
Durante los últimos años, una parte relevante del debate energético global estuvo dominada por la transición, la electrificación, la expansión de las renovables, la caída...
Alfonso Blanco
March 13, 2026
Leonardo Beltrán: The AI of Mexico’s Energy Sector
Energy Transition and Climate Program non-resident senior fellow Leonardo Beltrán recently contributed an article to Mexico Business News comparing the impacts AI has on computing...
Leonardo Beltrán
June 5, 2025
Entre la urgencia climática y la realpolitik: una puesta a punto del sector energético en 2025
Prácticamente en la mitad de 2025, el sector energético global vive un momento de redefinición profundo, donde la urgencia climática y las tensiones geopolíticas reconfiguran...
Alfonso Blanco
May 14, 2025
Eighth Annual Latin America Energy Conference
Panelists at the Eighth Annual Latin America Energy Conference joined to discuss the region’s most pressing energy challenges and opportunities. It fostered dialogue on comprehensive...
Michael Kerns
April 4, 2025
La integración eléctrica: clave para garantizar la seguridad energética en las Américas
Los sistemas eléctricos están en plena transformación. La electrificación de la demanda, la irrupción de fuentes renovables y el abaratamiento de nuevas tecnologías están reconfigurando...
Alfonso Blanco
February 27, 2025
Terremoto 2.0: el impacto del retorno de Trump a la presidencia en Estados Unidos
Pocos analistas habrían anticipado la magnitud del impacto que el inicio de la nueva administración de Trump ha generado, tanto en el ámbito interno de...
Alfonso Blanco
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April 22, 2025 | 9:55 am
Eighth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Shifting Currents: Energy and Geopolitical Realignment in the Americas
Inter-American Dialogue
1155 15th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
and online
February 4, 2025 | 10:00 am
ONLINE EVENT: Frontiers of the Energy Transition
Online Event
October 30, 2024 | 11:00 am
ONLINE EVENT: A Conversation with Paul Simons on the US Election and the Future of Energy and Climate in Latin America
Online event
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Alfonso Blanco
Uruguay | Director, Energy Transition & Climate Program, Inter-American Dialogue
ablanco@thedialogue.org
Alfonso Blanco Bonilla is the director of the Energy Transition & Climate Program at the Inter-American Dialogue. Blanco is a distinguished expert in the energy and climate sectors across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Leonardo Beltrán
Mexico
North America
Irene Cañas Díaz
Central America & Caribbean
Costa Rica
Mauricio E. Roitman
Argentina
Brazil & Southern Cone
Jorge Rivera Staff
Central America & Caribbean
Panama
Lisa Viscidi
North America
United States
United States
Michael Kerns
North America
United States
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