ラテンアメリカにおけるエネルギー貧困、正義、ジェンダー Energy Poverty, Justice and Gender in Latin America

Lazaro, Lira Luz Benites (EDT)/ Neiva, Sigrid de Aquino (EDT)/ Serrani, Esteban (EDT)

Springer International Publishing AG（2025/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 324 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783031800672

Full Description

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the pivotal challenges and viewpoints about energy poverty, energy justice, and gender diversity challenges within the Latin American energy transition context. Notwithstanding the discourse of progress on energy access espoused by some governments, a considerable number of communities in the region continue to lack reliable electricity, thereby emphasizing a glaring disparity in the distribution of benefits and burdens. Through a nuanced and incisive lens, this book explores the complex landscape of inequality and opportunity, emphasizing the urgent need for inclusive action and systemic transformation.

The book employs an interdisciplinary methodology, integrating insights from energy policy, social justice, and gender studies to provide a comprehensive analysis of the complex interrelationship between these domains. It examines the intersection between energy poverty and broader social inequalities, particularly gender disparities, and highlights the necessity for solutions that prioritize the most vulnerable communities. By integrating case studies, real-world examples, and expert analysis, the book offers a more nuanced understanding of the barriers and opportunities for progress.

The book offers practical policy recommendations and actionable strategies, making it an invaluable resource for policymakers, NGOs, academics, and stakeholders dedicated to fostering an inclusive, sustainable, and just energy transition in Latin America. It encourages readers to reconsider traditional approaches and to advocate for a new vision where energy justice and gender equality are paramount in the region's development.

Contents

Chapter 1: Energy Poverty, Justice, and Gender in Latin America - Understanding the Intersection.- Section I: Energy Poverty: Frameworks and evidence discussion of a multidimensional problem.- Chapter 2: Energy poverty in Ecuador from a multidimensional perspective.- Chapter 3: Energy inequality in Central America: Challenges and policy responses.- Chapter 4: When energy transition does not meet energy poverty mitigation: The case of Ceará state in Brazil.- Chapter 5: Energy transition in the Brazilian Amazon: Empowering communities through clean and equitable energy access.- Section II: Energy Justice: Contradictions in burden and benefit.- Chapter 6: Who has the right to energy? Insights from the constitutional discussion in Chile.- Chapter 7: The paradigm of energy transition in Brazil: Scarcity and abundance of Brazilian semiarid region.- Chapter 8: Winds of Justice? Challenging and Promoting Women's Social Inclusion in Northern Brazil through Wind Energy Projects.- Chapter 9: Energy poverty and food poverty in Latin America, towards a rights perspective.- Section III: The gendered landscape: Connections of an obvious but unacknowledged relationship with energy poverty and justice.- Chapter 10: Entanglements of energy justice and dignity in Latin America. Weaving a Gender Perspective into the right to energy.- Chapter 11: Beyond gender: the intersectional look at energy poverty through the experiences of Argentina and Mexico.- Chapter 12: The transformative role of women towards social justice in Brazil.- Chapter 13: Energy poverty and tariff segmentation in Argentina: distributive incidence and the gender effect.- Chapter 14: Burning as a reflection of energy poverty? An Intersectional Gender Analysis in Brazil.