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Energy Seminar: From Impossible to Inevitable: Chile's Path to Net

Zero - Marcelo Mena
FEBRUARY 28, 2022 - 4:00PM TO 4:50PM

SEE LIVESTREAM LINK IN DESCRIPTION.

FREE

EVENT SPONSOR: 
PRECOURT INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY

CONTACT EMAIL: 
SARAH.WEAVER@STANFORD.EDU

Watch live at:

https://energy.stanford.edu/events/energy-seminar/seminar-livestream

Chile has undergone an energy revolution that has changed the country's climate and energy policy. In 2013 large coal and hydro projects were
line, which were ultimately shelved and replaced with plentiful and economic renewable energy. In 2021, 24% of all energy in the country came
from solar and wind energy.  There is a consensus that Chile's net zero target will spur more growth and investment than the status quo. The talk
will explore how these changes occurred, and how smart and integral regulations on air pollution, carbon pricing, and social unrest shifted the
tide to a country that wants to transform its extractive economy into a renewable economy.

Speaker Bio
 Marcelo Mena is a scientist and professor turned activist and policymaker. He is th
CEO of the Methane Hub, a 330 million dollar philanthropic initiative to reduce
global methane emissions. He is also the Director of the Climate Action Center at
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV). Previously he was the practi
manager in climate research at the World Bank and the former vice minister and
minister of the environment for Chile under President Bachelet from 2014 to 2018
He spearheaded multiple environmental initiatives such as taxes on new car sales
and power generation based on local and global air pollution -- the first of their
kinds globally. He helped craft a landmark agreement to phase out coal power
generation, create 45 thousand square kilometers of national parks, protect 1.3
million square kilometers of ocean and institute the first national plastic bag ban
the Americas.

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