According to this Spanish-language article in Pagina Siete, the transitional government in Bolivia has decided to not participate this year in version 25 of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This is the first time that Bolivia has not participated in 13 years. Due to the short time in power, the transitional government has decided to focus its efforts in preparing for the 2020 climate change conference, and would send representatives to participate this year. A document signed by several civil society organizations “warn that the national energy policy (formulated by the government of Evo Morales and still in force), under the slogan of converting Bolivia into the energy center of South America, in addition to “being unfeasible, is linked to the power of the large transnationals, the construction of dams in the Amazon and the promotion of ethanol and biodiesel production, the extension of the agricultural frontier, destruction of forests and development of monocultures.”
Country proposal on climate change on hold for 2020