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República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación
Liceo Nacional Bolivariano “Los Guaritos”
Maturín- Edo. Monagas






CLIMATE CHANGETheacher: Students:
Pedro SimozaBrito Daniela # 11.Rivas Patricia # 27.
5 to Año “E”ClimateChange: A SharedConcern
As a country rich in ecological diversity - more than 150,000 plant and animal species can be found in the country - Venezuela is particularly concerned with thelong-lasting and irreversible impacts of climate change .A historic drought in 2009 dramatically affected Venezuela's hydro-electric capacity - the country relies on water for over 70 porcent of itsgeneration of electricity - and highlighted how climate change, if not stopped, can have severe effects throughout the world. Venezuela recognizes the global scientific consensus that climate change isoccurring and that more than 70 porcent of it is caused by the concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere, 56.6 percent pertaining to the use of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) in the production of energy(25.9 percent), industry (19.4 percent) and transport (13.1 porcent). However, Venezuela also believes that the increased concentration of greenhouse gases is a consequence of aresourse-heavydevelopment model, and not just the cause of climate change. For Venezuela, the cause of the world's changing climate is closely linked to the current development model that favors the interests of big...