Building Alliances for the energy transition in the Atlantic: An analysis from the perspective of SDG 7 (Anna Ayuso)

Abstract: “The post-pandemic recovery is an opportunity to promote the energy transition processes that were already underway and have promoted new initiatives. The EU needs alliances with other actors to capitalise on the experience in the Atlantic Space and explore the dynamics and mutual interaction. This paper begins by analysing how SDG 7 has been implemented in three regions of Atlantic Space since 2015 and the main encountered in each. Next, the regional initiatives implemented to achieve the goals of SDG7 are analysed: universal and affordable access to energy, the increase in the percentage of renewable energies in the electrical matrix and the improvement of energy efficiency. Finally, the paper highlights opportunities for interregional cooperation on energy initiatives in the Atlantic area to contribute to achieving SDG7.”

Keywords: energy transition, SDG7, regional cooperation, sustainability, renewable energies, Atlantic.

 Building Alliances for the energy transition in the Atlantic: An analysis from the perspective of SDG 7

About the author
Anna Ayuso Pozo is Senior Research Fellow on Latin America at the Centre for International Information and Documentation in Barcelona (CIDOB) | aayuso@cidob.org

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The paper “Building Alliances for the energy transition in the Atlantic: An analysis from the perspective of SDG 7” was presented by the author (see Ayuso’s presentation here) during the II Latin American Congress of Regional Integration: “Desafíos del regionalismo en un mundo cambiante”, GRIDALE Sao Paulo, June 14-16, 2023 (See the Progamme III of GRIDALE).

The paper was also presented during the panel of ELAS Section: “El futuro de las relaciones entre América Latina y la Unión Europea: diálogo agendas y nuevos escenarios” at the LASA 2023 Congress, Vancouver, May 24-27, 2023. See the 408 // SEC – LASA Section in the event’s programme, on page 127.