Climate change has a negative impact on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), putting its population at risk and causing imbalances and disasters in its ecosystems. It also generates economic and social inequalities that suffer and impact the most vulnerable to a greater extent. However, the region has the opportunity to transition to carbon-free and climate-resilient … [Read more...] about Colombia Launches the Climate Investment Funds’ Renewable Energy Integration Program in Latin America
Maria Alexandra Planas Marti
Alexandra Planas is a Lead Energy Specialist at the InterAmerican Development Bank, in charge of the Colombia energy sector portfolio. She has more than 18 years of professional experience on the energy sector including 15 years working at the World Bank in Latin America, Africa, and East Asia and Pacific regions. She joined the Bank in 2017 and since then she works in the development and supervision of energy transition, rural electrification, electromobility, green hydrogen, energy storage, generated distribution, and non-conventional renewable energy. She also coordinates the electricity integration initiative of the Andean countries – SINEA. She holds a master’s degree in international economics and Energy and Environment from Johns Hopkins University.
Colombia advances towards sustainable infrastructure
As infrastructure generates 70% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, to achieve significant global emission reductions it is essential to promote a low carbon economy in the coming decades. In Latin America, however, Gross-Domestic-Product (GDP) investment levels in infrastructure have not matched green growth objectives in recent years. In the case of Colombia, around 7% of … [Read more...] about Colombia advances towards sustainable infrastructure