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Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Climate Change
Other
2017
Year of publication
2017
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Relocation
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Storm surges
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Sudden-onset
Sub-region
South America
Region
South America
Macro-region
Americas
Author/issuing body
Ministry of People's Power for Ecosocialism and Water (Minea)
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
B

GRAN MISIÓN VIVIENDA VENEZUELA: La Gran Misión Vivienda se crea en el año 2011, como respuesta a la emergencia generada por lluvias torrenciales que afectaron a cientos de miles de habitantes de las zonas más pobres del país en el año 2010; está estructurada sobre cinco pilares. [...] A través de esta Gran Misión se han construido y entregado más de 1.800.000 viviendas, siendo para finales de 2017 la meta de entrega de dos millones de viviendas. Se plantea la construcción de 3 millones de viviendas como meta acumulada para 2019. Esta misión significa una respuesta a pérdidas y daños por lluvias extremas para cerca de 150.000 personas afectadas y una reducción de vulnerabilidad frente a los efectos de cambio climático para más de 12 millones de personas. TRANSLATION:

GREAT MISSION HOUSING VENEZUELA: The Great Housing Mission was created in 2011, as a response to the emergency generated by torrential rains that affected hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of the poorest areas of the country in 2010; it is structured around five [...] Through this Great Mission, more than 1,800,000 homes have been built and delivered, with the goal of delivering two million homes by the end of 2017. The construction of 3 million homes is proposed as accumulated goal for 2019. This mission means a response to losses and damages due to extreme rains for nearly 150,000 affected people and a reduction in vulnerability to the effects of climate change for more than 12 million people.

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).