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This briefing by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) analyzes the expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as of October 2024. It details significant planned investments in export terminals in Mexico and Argentina, and import expansions in Brazil, while warning that these projects risk becoming stranded assets in the energy transition and may conflict with global climate goals to limit warming to 1.5 °C.

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) issued a notification regarding Declaration 3524 of the Honorable Legislature of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina. This declaration, resulting from a Regional Training Workshop on Climate, Environment and Health for the Americas, outlines a framework for integrating health, climate change, and environmental care into governance and public policy.

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) issued a notification regarding Declaration 3524 from the Legislature of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina. This declaration, resulting from a regional training workshop on climate, environment, and health, outlines seven strategic goals to improve health system resilience to climate change through regional cooperation, intercultural health management, and integrated monitoring systems.

This report details the Regional Workshop on Climate, Environment, and Health held from 13 to 17 March 2023 in San Martín de los Andes, Argentina. Organized by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), the event aimed to strengthen the capacity of researchers and policymakers to address the intersection of climate, environment, and human health through transdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches.

The report details the 54th meeting of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Executive Council, held on 15 November 2022 in Montevideo, Uruguay, and via videoconference. The meeting focused on reviewing decisions from the 30th Conference of the Parties (CoP-30), discussing the IAI's core budget, and reviewing scientific and capacity-building activities for the 2022-2023 inter-sessional period.

A statement by Friends of the Earth Argentina detailing the expansion of large-scale mining in Argentina and the subsequent repression of environmental activists and local populations who oppose the extractivist model.

A statement by Friends of the Earth International detailing human rights violations and state repression of anti-mining protests in Argentina, highlighting the conflict between large-scale extractive projects and the rights to water and a healthy environment.

This 2010 report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development analyzes the causes of energy insecurity in Argentina, focusing on the long-term impacts of 1990s privatization and macroeconomic reforms. It details how a shift toward private investment and a reliance on natural gas for electricity generation created a precarious supply system, exacerbated by the strategies of multinational corporations like Repsol-YPF and the failure of regional gas agreements.