Energy Transitions in Latin America

Lira Luz Benites Lazaro holds a Ph.D. in Earth System Science from the National Institute for Space Research, Brazil. She also holds a Ph.D. and a master's degree in Latin American Integration from the University of São Paulo, where she has made significant contributions to her field. Lira was a visiting researcher at the Durham Energy Institute in the United Kingdom. She is actively involved in research on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Brazil, working at the Institute of Advanced Studies of São Paulo University. With a wealth of experience in both research and academia, Lira has demonstrated her expertise in various crucial areas. Her research interests encompass environmental governance; energy transition; policy analysis; energy and climate policy; institutions and management; and the water-energy-food nexus. She is a member of the Working Group on Energy and Sustainable Development of the Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO).Esteban Serrani is a Sociologist, he has a master’s degree in social research and a PhD in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and Professor at the National University of San Martin, Argentina. He was Director of the Project "Approaches to the relationship between energy models and industrial policy in Argentina, 2002-2019" and “Analysis of the performance of large industrial companies in the energy transition in Argentina”, supported by the National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation. In Argentina, he is a Co-Director of the Center for Social Studies of the Economy, at the Interdisciplinary School of High Social Studies, National University of San Martin. In Latin America, he is the coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on "Energy and Sustainable Development", he coordinates the energy transition and climate change working group of the International Development Economics Associates-Latin America (IDEAs-LAC) and he is member of the Academic Committee, Southern Cone Regional Center at Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS).

• Chapter 1. Energy transition in Latin America: Historic perspective and challenges in achieving sustainable development goals.- Part 1: Energy, climate change and sustainable models: Energy mix and national decarbonization plans.- Chapter 2. Energy transition and climate justice after Paris Agreement: achievements and new goals in South America.- Chapter 3. Geopolitical dimension and social - geopolitics of renewable energy in Latin America.- Chapter 4. Energy matrix transformation in Latin America: the global political economy of Chinese Investments.- Part 2: Oil and gas dilemmas: Income’s dependence and obstacles to the energy transition.- Chapter 5. The dispute for Mexico’s energy transition under dependent conditions. A critical energy studies approach.- Chapter 6. Contradictions between energy and climate change mitigation policy in a country with oil reserves: the case of Mexico.- Chapter 7. Between oil dependence and energy sovereignty: the limits of the energy transition in Ecuador.- Chapter 8. Energy transition and consumption subsidies in oil-exporting countries: Venezuela and Ecuador between a rock and a hard place.- Chapter 9. The Brazilian hydrocarbon dilemma: did Brazil hit the big ticket too late?.- Chapter 10. Transition policies as a local problem. The cases of Neuquén and Río Negro (Argentine Patagonia).- Part 3: Energy transitions and renewable energies: Production mix, technology, and costs as limits and opportunities.- Chapter 11. Renewable energies in Argentina. The challenge of articulating the energy transition with the economic development model.- Chapter 12. The “wind Revolution” in Uruguay and the role of the public sector in guiding energy transitions.- Chapter 13. Energy transition: an analysis of private and public agents working toward energy sustainability in Colombia.- Chapter 14. Solar energy and social-productive configurations: regional features of the energy diversification process in Argentina.- Chapter 15. Uncertainties about the transport planning in Brazil in the context of climate change: tradition (biofuels) or innovation (electric mobility)?.- Chapter 16. Factors that contribute to the diffusion of solar PV energy: evidence from Holambra in São Paulo Macrometropolis, Brazil.- Part 4: Energy services: Access, energy poverty, decentralization, and democratization.- Chapter 17. Shifting powers towards decentralized energy generation. a comparative perspective between Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.- Chapter 18. Unfolding the relationship between poverty and energy consumption in Brazil. A first step toward the energy poverty debate.- Chapter 19. Energy inequality in Central America: concept, challenges, and opportunities.- Chapter 20. Energy planning evolution, energy transition, and sustainable development goals, keynotes from Latin America and Nicaragua,- Chapter 21. Conclusions: Energy transition agenda for sustainable development in Latin America.