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Atlantic Council Global Energy Center Senior Fellow Julia Pyper sat down with H.E. Sebastián Piñera, president of Chile, on the sidelines of the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards to discuss Chile’s upcoming hosting of the COP25 climate conference, what has motivated Chile’s leadership on climate and clean energy and where it fits into the country’s global strategy, and what steps the country is taking at home to lead by example.

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Chilean president calls for action to combat climate change: “The time is now”

As world leaders descended on New York to discuss the most pressing challenges facing the international community at the United Nations General Assembly, President of the Republic of Chile Sebastián Piñera argued that the time for discussion on one issue was over. “Each generation has its own challenges,” Piñera explained, “but no generation has had such an urgent and formidable challenge as climate change and global warming.”

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Image: Atlantic Council Global Energy Center Senior Fellow Julia Pyper interviewing H.E. Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile, on the sidelines of the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, September 23, 2019.