Chile’s new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions will see an expansion of renewable energy projects in the country and could result in more gas-fired power generation – albeit in the long term.
The country’s environment minister, Carolina Schmidt, announced last week that the government intends to reduce Chile’s greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030. The new target, which replaces a previous target of 30%, will be used to update Chile’s intended nationally determined contributions (NDCs) ahead of the UN’s COP25 climate summit in Santiago...
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