Green fiscal reform for a just energy transition in Latin America

Jakob, Michael; Soria, Rafael; Trinidad, Carlos Benítez; Edenhofer, Ottmar; Bak, Céline; Bouille, Daniel; Buira, Daniel; Carlino, Hernán; Gutman, V.N.; Hübner, Christian; Knopf, Brigitte; Lucena, André F.P.; Santos, Luan; Scott, Andrew; Steckel, Jan Christoph; Tanaka, Kanako; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien; Yamada, Kôichi

doi:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2019-17

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“…On the other hand, according to the South American countries, the energy and climate policy is profoundly implanted inside many targets. They are heavily dependent on extractive industry exports with high levels of financial inequality and depend on export revenues from the extractive industry [23].…”

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Hydropower Development in Three South American Countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador

Naranjo-Silva

Punina-Guerrero

Barros-Enriquez

et al. 2023

IJEE

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The present manuscript aims to identify the advantages and consequences of hydropower development, showing a view of trends finding the status and situation in Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador. This study uses a non-experimental methodology based on a comprehensive literature review of relevant papers retrieved from 41 selected papers that are summarized covering different application areas in these selected countries. In addition, the non-experimental methodology is guided by a perspective design sequential with a qualitative phase defining two indicators that do a relation between the people and the installed capacity in megawatts (MW) and energy production in gigawatts hour (GWh). The results show Colombia has the main installed capacity and energy generation per capita, followed by Ecuador, and finally, Brazil. According to the models and studies, the general hydropower potential of Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador decreases as time goes on because this renewable energy affects the water quality, interacting deeply with the surrounding environment. However, in South American countries only 34% of hydropower potential has developed.

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Hydropower Development in Three South American Countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador

Naranjo-Silva

Punina-Guerrero

Barros-Enriquez

et al. 2023

IJEE

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“…Identifying national commitment to just transition means that we need to explore the nuances of both justice and energy in the LAC region. We build on emerging just transition work in the LAC region (Jakob et al, 2019;Saget et al, 2020). Given the historical injustices that have rendered indigenous peoples (Saget et al, 2020;Droubi et al, 2022a) -who account for approximately 7% of the population of the LAC regioninvisible in the decision-making respecting energy projects by which they are negatively affected, we bring insight from global measures of adherence to the rule of law in protecting the rights of indigenous and other vulnerable communities (Droubi and Heffron, 2020;Heffron, 2020a;Droubi et al, 2022b), to inform our analysis into these three dimensions.…”

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Identifying, improving, and investing in national commitments to just transition: Reflections from Latin America and the Caribbean

McCauley

Pettigrew

Heffron

et al. 2023

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“…Impact analyses of the mine have documented detriments to vegetation from oxidation of surrounding soil, desertification of nearby rivers and contamination of local water sources, and detriments to air quality that have resulted in pulmonary disease amongst young and elderly community members resulting from the mine's operation (Virgüez 2011, Aggregocés et al 2018. Past work on just transitions centered their framework on the political and economic components of the transition (Healy and Barry 2017, Cardoso and Turhan 2018, Strambo and Atteridge 2018, Jakob et al 2019, Strambo and González Espinosa 2020. It is essential to include management of water consumption, air and water emissions, and trace metal leakage as part of the discussion of just transitions given their impacts on air pollution and public health-and they are often excluded from the economic or jobs analysis.…”

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Environmental impacts associated with hydrogen production in La Guajira, Colombia

Ullman¹,

Kittner²

2022

Environ. Res. Commun.

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The global push to decarbonize sectors of the economy and phase-out coal use has attracted a renewed interest in hydrogen. At the forefront of this debate, Colombia, the world’s 6th largest coal exporter, must consider strategies to support a just transition for regions that depend economically on coal exports. However, the role of hydrogen as a part of the energy transition has yet to be examined from an environmental justice lens. A full-chain life-cycle assessment of hydrogen production is yet to be considered in Colombia. Using life-cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, we examine the greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption, and trace metal emissions associated with six potential Colombian liquid hydrogen production strategies: (1) electrolysis powered by the country’s national electricity grid, (2) on-site electrolysis powered by electricity produced by a wind farm, (3) off-site electrolysis powered by electricity produced by a wind farm, (4) electrolysis powered by electricity produced from a coal-fired power plant, (5) coal gasification without carbon capture and storage (CCS), and (6) coal gasification with CCS. Upstream conversion has an outsized influence on the sustainability of a hydrogen transition in Colombia. Impact levels for wind-powered electrolysis are lower than those of the coal- and grid-powered scenarios for every impact category analyzed, apart from emissions of aluminum to air, nitrogen emissions to water, and phosphorous, nitrate, and nitrite emissions to soil. The grid-based electrolysis scenario is found to consume the largest amount of water, while coal-fueled scenarios pathways raise concerns of greater life-cycle mercury, nickel, and arsenic emissions. While coal gasification with CCS reduced gasification CO2 emissions by 35%, the CCS scenario’s VOC emissions were 37% greater than gasification without CCS, given that increased levels of coal inputs were required to account for the loss of efficiency associated with the addition of CCS technology. For Colombia to benefit most from a hydrogen-based decarbonization transition with minimal environmental impacts, community-focused planning and wind-based hydrogen systems should be prioritized

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Green fiscal reform for a just energy transition in Latin America

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Hydropower Development in Three South American Countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador

Hydropower Development in Three South American Countries: Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador

Identifying, improving, and investing in national commitments to just transition: Reflections from Latin America and the Caribbean

Environmental impacts associated with hydrogen production in La Guajira, Colombia

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