The Energy HUB is born

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We have just entered a decisive decade for the future of humanity and our planet. And it is not an invention, nor an exaggeration: the data says so. If we reach the year 2030 having cut global emissions by 50%, we will open the door to a more stable, greener world, a stronger economy, with more jobs, better health, more efficiency and less pollution. To achieve this, we will need the efforts of everyone: political decision-makers, public institutions, the private sector, academia and the civil population. Fortunately, this is also a decade of technological and digital revolution. We have, more than ever and exponentially, billions of data and information that will help us chart the path forward.


Because data is the new fuel to create effective public policies, support new business models, help make decisions, save costs and time, respond to current problems and, ultimately, drive innovation. The energy sector, for its part, can benefit greatly from this explosion of data. In Latin America and the Caribbean, much C Level Executive List progress has already been made in recent years. Countries like Uruguay or Paraguay, for example, run almost exclusively on renewable energy. However, much remains to be done. And having access to different sources of data and information about the energy sector is not enough, it is essential to find a way to bring them together, organize and analyze them so that they can provide practical benefits.



The Energy Hub: launch The Energy Hub was born in response to this need. Launched by the IDB and its partners on September 28, it is the digital meeting point that compiles, integrates, disseminates and promotes the generation of data and information on the energy sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. The launch of the Energy HUB, celebrated through an online event, included the participation of the director of the Atmosphere/Energy program at Stanford University and professor of civil and environmental engineering, Mark Z. Jacobson; the Costa Rican diplomat who led the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres; and the renowned global leader in clean energy.