Harnessing Regional Integration and Green Industrial Policy for Enhancing Sustainable Development in Latin America

Latin America, endowed with a rich renewable energy matrix and abundant critical minerals, is well positioned to embark on green transition. Sowing the seeds for a greener future, however, requires its economies to think about energy transition not simply in terms of carbon mitigation but also in terms of overcoming hurdles to green economic transformation. This brief discusses the importance of industrial policy and of regional integration aimed at exploiting complementarities.