From Fossil Fuels to Low Carbon Energy Transition

Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1:-Latin America: Renewables at the Crossroads of Multiple Drivers.- Chapter 2:-Transformation of Energy Law in Latin America: Towards a Sustainable.- Part II: Hydrocarbons, Electricity and Mining.- Chapter 3:-The Peruvian Renewable Energy Experiment: Lessons for Policymakers.- Chapter 4:-Searching for Security of Energy Supply through renewable energy sources: A practical overview of the Chilean case.- Chapter 5:-Venezuela: Petroleum Industry and Regulation.- Chapter 6:-The Mexican Energy Transition.- Chapter 7:-Energy Transition in Argentina: Past, Present and Future Chapter 9         Energy Transition in the Peruvian Mining Sector: Regulatory Approach or Just Private Self-Regulation?.- Chapter 8:-The Important Role of Mining within the Energy Transition: The Case of the Lithium Sector in Argentina.- Part III: Social License to Operate and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms.- Chapter 10:-Social Licensing to Operateand Social Justice in Energy Transition: The Case of Brazil.- Chapter 11:-Social License to Operate: A Review of the Colombian Case.- Chapter 12:-Peruvian Regulations for Renewable Energy Resources: An Analysis of the Regime based on Artbitration Awards.- Chapter 13:-Energy Transition in Latin American Countries and the Conflicts Associated with Such Transitions.- Part IV: Epilogue.- Chapter 14:-TBC.

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.