Overview
- Offers a discussion of key policy issues that have shaped the energy transition in Latin America
- Includes numerous case studies that discuss the energy transition process experience in this region
- Invaluable reference for researchers and policy makers interested in energy policy and practice in Latin America
Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment (ECE)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Hydrocarbons, Electricity and Mining
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Social License to Operate and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
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Epilogue
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About this book
Focusing on five key themes - hydrocarbons, electricity, mining, social license to operate, and arbitration/dispute resolution- via in-depth country and regional case studies, this book seeks to capture the contrasting and sometimes conflicting trends in energy governance in Latin America as it wrestles with a dependence on fossil fuels whilst shifting toward a low carbon future.
Energy transition continues to sit at the centre of the Latin American policy debate as the world continues to push for carbon neutrality by 2050. Latin America is undergoing a renewable energy transition, with substantial reserves (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal) and many countries in the region setting ambitious renewable energy policies, laws, and regulations to address climate change. However, recent initiatives to promote renewables must be placed in context. Historically, Latin America has developed and improved its economic and social standards due primarily to an economy based on the extractive industries and fossil fuels. This places renewables at the crossroads of multiple drivers, as the region seek to ensure security of supply, attract investment, and facilitate a low carbon energy transition.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Geoffrey Wood is a Lecturer in Energy Law at Stirling University Law School, UK. He holds a PhD in Energy Law from the Centre for Energy Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee. An interdisciplinary energy and environmental law, policy and regulatory specialist, his research focuses on optimising sustainable energy transitions. Geoffrey has published over 40 articles, books, chapters and other publications, and has lectured, researched and consulted for various organisations in the UK and abroad.
Juan Felipe Neira- Castro works at the National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH), the administrator of the hydrocarbon resources of Colombia based in Bogotá. Previously, Juan was a Lecturer in Sustainable Development and Energy Policy at the Mining and Energy Law Department at Externado University, Bogotá. He holds an LLM in Petroleum Law and Policy, an MSc in International Oil and Gas Management and a PhD in Energy Law from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), all from the University of Dundee, Scotland. He has published extensively in areas such as gas regulation in Colombia, unconventional hydrocarbons and energy transition. He has advised international and government entities on public policy and regulatory affairs.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Fossil Fuels to Low Carbon Energy Transition
Book Subtitle: New Regulatory Trends in Latin America
Editors: Geoffrey Wood, Juan Felipe Neira-Castro
Series Title: Energy, Climate and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00299-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00298-4Published: 24 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00301-1Published: 25 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-00299-1Published: 23 August 2022
Series ISSN: 2947-8561
Series E-ISSN: 2947-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 280
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Environment, general, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Economic Geography, Human Geography