Sebastián Kind

Renewables are expensive.

Of course not.

But we need to build them in the long term.

There's no other way to do it.

So I decided to try to change that, and I started working from the civil society in creating a legal framework, a political umbrella that would allow all the factions in my country to rally behind one single cause.

We needed to develop our incredible renewable resources, consume less fossil fuels, and save on our energy balance.

We needed a program that cannot be easily undone by a change in government control.

we needed a national cross-party policy in which everyone agrees that renewables must happen, not because they're clean or green or fancy, but because they're convenient.

It took me huge effort, frustration, more than two years, but I did it.

We managed to convince almost every member in Congress to support the national renewable energy law.

something that, as you can imagine, felt nearly impossible in a country marked by deep political polarization and the oil and gas industry fighting us at every step.

But we did it because the argument was clear, easy.

It would be economically beneficial for the nation if we started by demonstrating to investors a true political consensus and a long-term unity.

Long story short, the law was passed by with 94% of support in both chambers.

historic.

And with that in my hand, I moved to the next phase of the plan, implementation.

I had the privilege of being invited to join the executive branch, the Ministry of Energy.

to design a program that can really change the course of our energy future.

And I knew where to start.

We had to improve the credit rating of the energy program and shift it out of the credit rating of the country.