Argentina is torn between its shale dream and climate goals

Vaca Muerta fits Argentina like a glove, its very beneficial, said Enrique Maurtua, a climate adviser at the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation in Buenos Aires. Otherwise its as if were investing in video cassettes while the whole world is watching Netflix.ResourcesArgentina boasts some of the best wind power in the world in its southern coastal regions. That role is becoming less important as costs of wind and solar energy plummet. Argentina is not only jeopardising its emissions targets, but perhaps even its geopolitical relevance, according to Ben Backwell, head of Brussels-based lobby group Global Wind Energy Council. Argentina is a renewables paradise, but they do need to create conditions to invest.by Jonathan Gilbert & Laura Millan Lombrana, Bloomberg