The Colombian Energy Policy Challenges in Front of Climate Change

<p>Climate change is the biggest problem that humanity has faced in recent decades, one of the main causes are the greenhouse gases (GHG). To mitigate it, it has been proposed and international agreement in Paris 2016, known as COP21 by several countries. On it, the Colombian government got en...

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Autores principales:	A.M. Ramírez-Tovar, Ricardo Moreno, Lilian A. Carrillo-Rodríguez
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Materias:	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61b58bc244ba4689848936d136939f562021-11-12T07:27:32ZThe Colombian Energy Policy Challenges in Front of Climate Change2146-4553https://doaj.org/article/61b58bc244ba4689848936d136939f562021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/10517https://doaj.org/toc/2146-4553<p>Climate change is the biggest problem that humanity has faced in recent decades, one of the main causes are the greenhouse gases (GHG). To mitigate it, it has been proposed and international agreement in Paris 2016, known as COP21 by several countries. On it, the Colombian government got engaged a 20% reduction on its GHG to achieve it they will focus on the energy sector and deforestation to zero in the Colombian Amazon. This article analyzes the implications and challenges of energy policies for GHG mitigation in Colombia related to opportunities in energy demand, electric power generation sources, smart grid systems, reduction on energy loss in transport, demand schemes and management of methane in carbon deposits. The main conclusion reached in this analysis is that in energy matters COP21 objectives will not be met, the strategies that the government has chosen are not well focused based on the emission source in the country, five of the six strategies have not yet been legislated and much less implemented. Being in the second semester of 2020, the objectives will not be met this year or in the short term, the government opted for strategies that could not have been achieved.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> climate change, COP21, GEI.</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications: </strong>K2, O2, Q2, Q3</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10517">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10517</a></p>A.M. Ramírez-TovarRicardo MorenoLilian A. Carrillo-RodríguezEconJournalsarticleEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel tradeHD9502-9502.5ENInternational Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 401-407 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Environmental sciences GE1-350 Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade HD9502-9502.5 A.M. Ramírez-Tovar Ricardo Moreno Lilian A. Carrillo-Rodríguez The Colombian Energy Policy Challenges in Front of Climate Change
description	<p>Climate change is the biggest problem that humanity has faced in recent decades, one of the main causes are the greenhouse gases (GHG). To mitigate it, it has been proposed and international agreement in Paris 2016, known as COP21 by several countries. On it, the Colombian government got engaged a 20% reduction on its GHG to achieve it they will focus on the energy sector and deforestation to zero in the Colombian Amazon. This article analyzes the implications and challenges of energy policies for GHG mitigation in Colombia related to opportunities in energy demand, electric power generation sources, smart grid systems, reduction on energy loss in transport, demand schemes and management of methane in carbon deposits. The main conclusion reached in this analysis is that in energy matters COP21 objectives will not be met, the strategies that the government has chosen are not well focused based on the emission source in the country, five of the six strategies have not yet been legislated and much less implemented. Being in the second semester of 2020, the objectives will not be met this year or in the short term, the government opted for strategies that could not have been achieved.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> climate change, COP21, GEI.</p><p><strong>JEL Classifications: </strong>K2, O2, Q2, Q3</p><p>DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10517">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.10517</a></p>
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title	The Colombian Energy Policy Challenges in Front of Climate Change
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