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The goals of this office are to enhance the visibility of IAI capacity building activities and science projects, and to encourage states that are not currently parties to the Agreement to join.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001017#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The push for increased presence in Central America and the Caribbean is supported by Panama's offer to host the 2023 Sustainability Research & Innovation (SRI2023) Congress and the 31st meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-31).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iai-001017#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Of the 14 states that are not party to the Agreement, 10 are located in the Caribbean and 4 are in Central America. 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Coordinated by SEforALL with support from Google, the Compact has grown to over 120 signatories, including governments, private companies, and academic institutions. The initiative supports a technology-inclusive approach, prioritizing storage, demand-side management, and the development of Granular Certificates to drive investment. 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Nominations will be filled at the 31st meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Panama City. The institute emphasizes the need for international expertise in global change in the Americas, with a specific call for geographic, gender, and ethnic balance, noting underrepresentation of South America, the Caribbean, and the Tropical Andes. 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While Brazil, Chile, and Colombia are accelerating their buildouts and are on track to meet national targets, Mexico's progress has stalled due to policy shifts favoring state-owned fossil fuel entities. The report highlights the role of solar and wind in diversifying energy matrices to reduce reliance on drought-prone hydropower and the emerging economic opportunity of green hydrogen exports.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000217#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Latin America has 69 GW of operating utility-scale solar (27.6 GW) and wind (41.5 GW) capacity, representing slightly over 15% of the region's total electrical capacity. If all prospective projects—totaling more than 319 GW—come online by 2030, the region's large-scale solar and wind capacity would grow by more than 460%.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000217#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Brazil is the regional leader in combined operating capacity with 26.9 GW and is the world leader in prospective wind energy due to 128 GW of prospective offshore wind. Brazil's prospective utility-scale solar capacity of 57 GW also ranks it among the top five globally.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"gem-000217#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Chile and Colombia are on track to meet their national targets. Chile aims for a 100% renewable energy system by 2030, requiring at least 15 GW of wind and solar; its prospective projects total 48 GW. 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