The presentation will analyze the challenges posed by energy transition to Latin America and the Caribbean countries from the perspective of international trade. The main global trends observed regarding the imposition of market access requirements based on environmental and climate criteria and their implications for the region will be examined. While there are heterogeneities among Latin American countries in terms of export specialization and GHG emission profiles, all countries share the challenge of, among other things, developing and implementing methodologies for estimating the carbon footprint of regional exports (ie., the embedded GHG emissions in exported goods) through life cycle analysis and demonstrating that exported agricultural products are deforestation-free. Within this context, differences in terms of energy matrix composition and freight transport will result in differentiated "climate competitiveness" levels within an international context that is increasingly demanding environmentally sustainable and carbon neutral goods. Therefore, energy transition is not only an ecological, technical and moral imperative but also an urgent economic and commercial necessity for developing countries.
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