Apr 27, 2016 NewsVenezuela orders two-day week to tackle energy crisis El Nino has dried up hydropower supplies, as South American petroeconomy battered by low oil price
Dec 14, 2015 NewsVenezuela: From bloodied hand to shock climate pledge ANALYSIS: Once a fierce critic of the UN climate negotiations, Claudia Salerno became one of the strongest supporters of a Paris deal
Jun 16, 2015 NewsVenezuela: The climate paradox of the petro-state ANALYSIS: Dependent on petrol exports, the South American country is fraught with contradictions as it resists overhaul of fossil fuels
Apr 7, 2015 CommentSummit of the Americas offers chance for US-Latin climate diplomacy ANALYSIS: Trade, security and migration set to dominate key continental meet, but climate progress likely behind closed doors
Nov 11, 2014 CommentVenezuela did not hijack civil society climate meeting COMMENT: Last week’s social pre-COP meeting was a valuable democratic process that built links between the global North and South
Nov 7, 2014 PoliticsClimate activists clash over fossil fuel phase-out NEWS: Venezuela meeting descends into chaos as green groups refuse to condemn fossil fuels in demands to UN
Jul 22, 2014 PoliticsVenezuela climate summit calls for end to “green economy” NEWS: UN-backed event ends with unusual call from civil society groups to end capitalism
Jul 17, 2014 PoliticsVenezuela ‘inconsistent’ on climate change, say local activists NEWS: Venezuelan NGOs have accused their government of hypocrisy on climate change, at a civil society meeting ahead of global talks
Jun 9, 2014 PoliticsVenezuela urges civil society to boost “boring” UN talks NEWS: Caracas government to focus on social impacts of climate change ahead of UN Lima conference
Mar 11, 2014 CommentVenezuela’s 2014 climate summit faces credibility crisis Analysis: Caracas government says it’s committed to climate justice, but do actions on the ground match its words?
Nov 22, 2013 NewsRow over 2015 UN climate treaty slows progress at Warsaw summit Venezuela accuses EU of “damaging” process as contentious talks on emission reductions go public
Aug 6, 2013 NewsCan Latin America’s leaders balance climate and growth? Climate policy is becoming a fixture on political agendas, but maintaining investment flows for green growth will be vital
Jun 17, 2013 FinanceFinance ministers set for UN climate talks invite Negotiators welcome participation of finance ministers at COP19 in Warsaw expected to advance traditional stalemate over climate funding
Mar 7, 2013 PoliticsClimate deal in 2015 would ‘honour memory’ of Chavez Venezuela’s lead climate negotiator Claudia Salerno tells RTCC recently deceased President wanted ambitious and fair treaty
Mar 6, 2013 PoliticsVenezuela’s Hugo Chavez on climate change Read Chavez’s 15-minute speech at the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009, where he blamed ‘imperial dictatorship’ for the state of the planet
Feb 14, 2013 PoliticsVenezuela and Peru compete to host 2014 UN climate talks Guy Edwards asks which Latin American country is best suited to hosting the important 2014 UN climate negotiations