On behalf of the Institute of the Americas (IOA), I am pleased to share our 2024 annual report.   The report includes key highlights of IOA’s work over the past year in the areas of Energy & Sustainability, Environment & Climate Change and Economic Competitiveness.

Highlights

• Thirteen convenings were organized, bringing together over 800 multi-stakeholder actors from across the private and public sectors, civil society and academia in forums located in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico as well as our annual energy conference in La Jolla, California and Madrid, Spain.
• IOA organized its first annual sustainable shipping forum in La Paz, Baja California Sur, resulting in a partnership between the Institute, CAMEINTRAM and World Wildlife Fund Mexico to launch Mexico’s Champions for Sustainable Shipping initiative that is now working to catalyze expanded decarbonization initiatives for the shipping and ports sectors countrywide.
• IOA convened a Western Hemispheric Dialogue on Climate Adaptation in São Paulo, Brazil with twelve municipalities from across Latin America & the Caribbean in support of the U.S. State Department’s Cities Forward initiative, working in collaboration with our partners ICELI and Resilient Cities Catalyst.
• IOA co-published two policy issue papers focused on nearshoring opportunities in the CaliBaja region in collaboration with the Burnham Center for Community Advancement. 
• On-going stewardship of IOA’s energy literacy community-based outreach in Mexico through our Energy Ambassador’s program in Baja California and Sonora.
• IOA continued its thought leadership, publishing 14 issue papers and research publications authored or co-authored by IOA team members this past year on issues ranging from the Guyana-Venezuela border crisis to the role of natural gas to accelerate decarbonization in Latin America & the Caribbean, in addition to a review on how biodiversity can become integrated into ESG.

This past year, we celebrated Jorge Rosenblut’s six years of service as our Board Chair and Javade Chaudhri stepping up to serve as IOA’s new Board Chair.

To learn more about the Institute’s work and to get involved, I encourage you to reach out and explore how our work aligns with your vision for a brighter future in the countries and communities on issues that you care about across the Western Hemisphere. Finally, I also want to invite you to consider making a gift in support of IOA’s mission before year-end.

Thank you for your on-going interest and support of the Institute of the Americas.

Sincerely,

Richard Kiy
President & CEO