Venezuela defends the right to develop its oil and energy industries, paying special attention to the protection of the environment, declared President-elect Delsea Rodriguez.
"Therefore we defend our sovereign right to responsibly promote our oil and energy industry as a great engine for national development. "International stability requires simultaneous attention to three inseparable goals: security of energy supply, favorable prices for development and environmental sustainability," he claimed when he spoke at the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Along these lines, the president recalled that the country contributes only 0.39% of greenhouse gas emissions, while absorbing 1.8 tons for every ton of carbon emitted. In addition, he emphasized that 80% of the Caribbean nation's electricity is produced in hydroelectric plants.