Globalisation and Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean : Economic Growth and Policy Implications

1 Introduction -- 2 Renewable Energy Transition and Globalisation in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A Five-Decade Picture -- 3 Does Financial Openness Expand the Renewable Energy Investment in Latin American Countries? -- 4 The Interactions Between Renewable Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and Globalisation: Fresh Evidence from the Mercosur Countries -- 5 The Energy-Economic Growth Nexus in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: A New Approach with the Globalisation Index -- 6 Impact of Trade Openness on the Consumption of Fossil Fuels in Latin American and Caribbean Countries -- 7 The Role of the Globalisation Process in Mitigating Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Latin American and Caribbean Countries -- 8 Does the Energy Transition Process Decrease the Environmental Degradation in Latin American and Caribbean Countries? -- 9 Conclusions .