The United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Dominican Republic, Mauricio Ramirez Villegasreported in the presence of Minister Antonio Almonte, that The energy produced with fossil fuels represents 60 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions in the world, so there is an urgent need to mitigate this reality with the production of renewable energies.
Villegas issued this statement during his presentation at the Regional Training Course on Modeling the Study of Regional Energy Supply through the MESSAGE Model of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), with the participation of 14 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, members of the IAEA, organized by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic.
“The energy transition must become a real and effective transformation effort based on the rapid expansion and use of all available technologies to innovate for the future to promote the sustainable development of the planet,” he emphasized.
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assured that In this region, 53 percent of the total energy consumption comes from oil and its derivatives and only 10 percent of the energy comes from renewable sources, arguing that it is essential to advance in the planning of actions to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy.
“During this critical stage in which carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by 45 percent to reach net zero by 2050, it is essential to move forward with the planning of actions that allow the sustainability of the environment with the generation of clean energy. “, said.
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I affirm that renewable energy offers new growth opportunities, allows businesses to grow, creates jobs and new marketsThey also contribute to a sustainable development of the planet.
Participating in the activity are IAEA member states such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Uruguay, Panama, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.
The course is aimed at professionals who are part of the national teams within the RLA 2017 cooperation project and who are involved in the preparation of energy supply analysis studies using the MESSAGE tool.
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