Venezuela
Venezuela orders two-day week to tackle energy crisis
El Nino has dried up hydropower supplies, as South American petroeconomy battered by low oil price
Venezuela: 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
Will Venezuela opposition victory revise climate stance?
ANALYSIS: Opposition’s rout of Maduro government unlikely to transform South American petropower though ideological posturing could make way for pragmatism
Venezuela: 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
Summit 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
Venezuela 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
Climate 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
Venezuela climate summit calls for end to “green economy”
NEWS: UN-backed event ends with unusual call from civil society groups to end capitalism
Venezuela ‘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
Venezuela urges civil society to boost “boring” UN talks
NEWS: Caracas government to focus on social impacts of climate change ahead of UN Lima conference
Venezuela’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?
Row over 2015 UN climate treaty slows progress at Warsaw summit
Venezuela accuses EU of “damaging” process as contentious talks on emission reductions go public
Can 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
Finance 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
Climate 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
Venezuela’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
Venezuela 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