Venezuela

Promoting the design and implementation of a national climate change plan in Venezuela

The aim of this project was to engage Venezuelan government authorities, scientists and Indigenous leaders to integrate community owned solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change into national plans.

The aim of this project is to engage Venezuelan government authorities, scientists and Indigenous leaders to integrate community owned solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change in the Caroní Basin into national plans. The Caroní Basin is critical as it produces 80% of Venezuela’s electricity and contains the majority of standing forest. We will explore how different climate change scenarios will affect current community owned solutions, consider how existing national policies could support resilient strategies, and develop integrated action plans for local level climate change mitigation and adaptation. This will involve a high level workshop between Venezuela’s climate change scientists, government authorities, and Indigenous leaders to design a national climate change action plan to integrate local solutions and scientific research into the government’s policy, thus bridging climate science and Indigenous knowledge in Venezuela for climate mitigation and adaptation.



Location:
Caracas, Venezuela

Partners:
British Embassy in Venezuela (Venezuela), Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), Climate Change Laboratory of IVIC (Venezuela), Royal Holloway University of London (UK)

Funder:
British Embassy in Venezuela (Venezuela), Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), Climate Change Laboratory of IVIC (Venezuela), Royal Holloway University of London (UK)