Climate Change

The Venezuelan government has decided to extend the state of emergency by 90 days in 8 states due to the persistence of heavy rains.

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After one week, the fate of negotiations at the U.N. Climate Change Conference remains uncertain. We speak to Venezuela’s lead climate change negotiator, Claudia Salerno.

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In Venezuela this year, record-setting rains associated with La Niña have caused the death of 35 people, destroyed the homes of more than 5,000 people, and led more than 70,000 to flee their homes and take refuge in hundreds of emergency tent camps, hotels, and government buildings including the presidential palace. The government and people of Venezuela have mobilized to attend to those most affected.    

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In response to heavy flooding caused by two weeks of torrential rains, the Venezuelan government declared a 90-day state of emergency in four additional states yesterday and announced a $2.3 billion (10 billion bolivars) special fund for flood victims. Independent efforts by organizations around the country have also strengthened the overall response to Venezuela’s worst rain in 40 years.

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Venezuela’s national government on Tuesday extended to four states the emergency decreed 10 days ago in response to torrential rains that have battered the country since early November. According to the presidential commission assigned to manage the storm’s affects on Venezuela’s people and its infrastructure, almost 11,000 security forces are currently mobilized to help with emergency measures.

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As we approach crucial climate change negotiations in Cancún, Mexico, the key question on many people's minds is this: What nation or nations will have the courage to stand up to the United States, which still represents the key obstacle to a binding agreement on global warming?

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The Venezuelan delegation to the World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia, called for the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and urged a systemic change from capitalism to socialism in order to stop global warming.

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The following is the statement issued by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) on 18 December in response to the results of the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spared no criticism of the climate conference in Copenhagen. Well, shortly after the news conference, I caught up with President Chavez for a few minutes.

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The 15th Conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark was only the beginning of a decisive battle for the salvation of the planet. It was a battle in the realm of ideas and in praxis.

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