Ask the Experts: Energy

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell answers:

We should appreciate first the progress we have already achieved in the region. Mexico now has a legal framework—non-existent just six years ago—for promoting renewable energies, which establishes goals for cutting down on emissions and contemplates that 35 percent of all power used in the country will be produced through clean technologies by the year 2024. Costa Rica produces 70 percent of its electrical power through hydro plants, while progress made by Brazil in the production of ethanol is impressive.

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