LATI 180 Latin American Energy Transitions: Home

• UCSD’s Institute of the Americas has two major initiatives for examining Political, Economic, and Social Issues related to Latin American Energy:
  • The Energy & Sustainability Program
  • The Environment & Climate Change Program
• Climate Change and Human Solutions Major in Anthropology (BA) 
• Climate Science and Policy (MAS) Program -- See also Capstone Papers Produced by CSP Graduates
• Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions (Online Hybrid Course Available to the Public) 
• UCSD's Climate Action Lab
• Center for Climate Change Impact and Education

For more resources to get global and country-specific reports and data on climate and weather trends and indicators and energy production, see

The Climate Action at UCSD and Beyond Research Guide

> Especially the Open Access Resources page:

The Find Data & Statistics Research Guide

> Especially the Data By Theme > Environment, Climate and Energy page

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This Guide was created to point to resources on contemporary Energy Transitions in Latin America especially as necessitated by the threat and pressures of climate change.  This topic is very interdisciplinary and you may need to:

• Gather data and statistics on weather and major energy sectors
• Identify state-owned and/or private companies and organizations providing energy services and products
•  Find International Accords, National and perhaps even state-level energy policies and regulatory law (Please note that some places to look for these will be listed on the Open Access Page.  HeinOnline is a very useful database for international legal information (especially articles in law reviews but also some international laws themselves -- for example, there is a collection of world constitutions).