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Energy is a worldwide leading concern. As such the international agenda on sustainability is becoming increasingly linked to the security of energy supplies. Climate change is now a tangible reality and one example of its impacts is the relation between the global warming and water availability. Recent scenarios of water scarcity have put a new challenge to countries that have decided to construct their energy plants based on hydropower.
Energy is an important input to production and, therefore, plays a fundamental role on the developmental planning of middle income countries. Those countries have experienced years of growth and betterment of their people´s living standards leading to higher energy consumption. In sum, production is lowering; although consumption is elevating.
Tackling these challenges necessarily requires cooperation among nations through regional integration. And integration mechanisms are manifold in the region. With the incorporation of Venezuela, Mercosur has become a leading energy world power, with the fourth largest production of crude oil, after Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States. Unasur has two councils dealing direct with energy challenges: the South American Energy Council (CES) and South American Council of Infrastructure and Planning (COSIPLAN). CELAC promotes gathers of the Energy Ministers to exchange experiences and views on energy security, sustainable development, proper and balanced use of energy. And OLADE, which was formed in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s, provide technical and political support for countries to achieve integration and development in the regional energy market.
Notwithstanding the existence of such mechanisms, it is necessary to move forward with concrete projects to deal with current climatic and geopolitical challenges of integration. In this sense, we invite all to ponder over potential advances.
- To access the draft agenda of the event click here.
- To access the list of panelists click here.
Free event, deadline for registrations has passed.
The event will be held in cooperation with the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) and the support of the Asociación Civil de Estudios Populares (ACEP).
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