Urueña, RenéViveros Uehara, ThalíaPérez, EdwardPerotti Pinciroli, Ignacio Gastón2026-04-282026-04-282026Urueña, R., Uehara, T. V., Pérez, E., & Perotti Pinciroli, I. G. (2026). Climate emergency and transformative constitutionalism in Latin America: Challenges and perspectives. Transnational Legal Theory, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/20414005.2026.26560662041-40052041-4013https://hdl.handle.net/11268/17051This article examines the interaction between the climate emergency and transformative constitutionalism (TC) in its distinct Latin American expression. Since the adoption of new constitutions, and the sweeping reform of existing ones, across the region in the 1980s and 1990s, Latin America’s trajectory in transformative constitutionalism has positioned law as a central instrument for confronting precarious socio economic realities, advancing social inclusion, strengthening the rule of law, and consolidating democracy.engCiencias jurídicas y humanidadesjournal article10.1080/20414005.2026.2656066open accessDerechos humanosAdaptación al cambio climáticoCambio climáticoGoal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts