Globalisation and Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean

Matheus Koengkan holds a PhD in economics from the University of Évora. He is an energy and environmental economics researcher at the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. José Alberto Fuinhas, PhD in economics, is a professor of monetary economics and intermediate econometrics at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. In addition, he is a researcher of macroeconomics, energy economics, and environmental economics at the CeBER - Centre for Business and Economics Research

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Renewable Energy Transition and Globalisation in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A Five-Decade Picture.- 3 Does Financial Openness Expand the Renewable Energy Investment in Latin American Countries?.- 4 The Interactions Between Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and Globalisation: Fresh Evidence from the Mercosur Countries.- 5 The Energy-Economic Growth Nexus in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: A New Approach with the Globalisation Index.- 6 Impact of Trade Openness on the Consumption of Fossil Fuels in Latin American and Caribbean Countries.- 7 The Role of the Globalisation Process in Mitigating Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Latin American and Caribbean Countries.- 8 Does the Energy Transition Process Decrease the Environmental Degradation in Latin American and Caribbean Countries? .- 9 Conclusions