Published at: 12/11/2026 09:29 AM

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, spoke this Thursday, November 12, 2026 at the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP31), where she highlighted the nation's condition as a sink and carbon neutral country in the face of the global environmental crisis.

During her live speech, the president warned of the urgency of taking responsible decisions in the face of global warming, pointing out the loss of glaciers in the national territory and the presence of extreme weather phenomena such as the so-called Super Child.

“Our country is megadiverse, it is a natural shield that absorbs global impact, provides only 0.39 percent of greenhouse gas emissions and our ecosystem acts as a lung of life on the planet, absorbing 1.8 tons of carbon for every ton we emit. We are a sink country, a carbon-neutral country where our absorption capacity far exceeds our emissions,” said the president.

In addition, President Delcy Rodríguez highlighted the historic legacy of conservation promoted since the Chuquisaca decree of Liberator Simón Bolívar in 1825, together with current advances in land preservation and clean energy: “More than 64% of our territory is protected by law and about 22% are national parks, since 2018 we have reforested almost 70,000 hectares and today 80% of our electricity generation comes from hydroelectric sources”.

In this context, he indicated that the country is making progress in expanding its matrix to photovoltaic sources and highlighted that during this year more than half a million Venezuelans have drawn up their own risk maps through organized social action.

Mazo News Team