The use of photovoltaic energy for energy transition in Latin America after Paris agreement (2015) and the international climate change regime

Abstract

The article aims to answer the following guiding question: how does the adoption of photovoltaic energy by developing countries in Latin America contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the terms of the 2015 Paris Agreement? As a hypothesis, the gradual implementation of photovoltaic (PV) systems, which do not emit greenhouse gases (GHG), by Latin American countries, is a tool for achieving the objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a crystallized objective in article 2 of the Paris Agreement of 2015. The work uses qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, using data collection as a research technique, instrumentalized through bibliographic and documentary analysis. It is concluded that the growth in the use of renewable energies by Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, as well as the use of photovoltaic energy by these countries, effectively collaborates for the transition of the Latin American energy matrix and for the reduction of GHG emissions, central objective of the Paris Agreement and the international climate change regime.