Climate change responses

The National Target Programme on Responding to Climate Change from 2011-2015 has shown remarkable results since its approval by the Prime Minister in 2008. As of 2014, the programme built and updated the climate change and rising sea level scenarios while evaluating the impact of climate change on each field and region and promulgating action plans for each ministry, sector and locality. Organisation and management has been strengthened and legal policies were designed to mitigate greenhouse gas effects, according to the National Committee on Climate Change Response. Vietnam’s efforts were supported by the international community who provided over 1.3 billion USD to counter environmental changes over the past five years. A number of adaptive measures were carried out, such as building flood-proof houses, treating salt water, growing mangrove forests along coastal areas and improving transport and irrigation systems. The central, Central Highlands, and Mekong Delta regions in … [Read more...] about Climate change response programme shows remarkable outcomes

Ca Mau (VNA) – Localities and ministries must steer clear of subjectivity and strive to find new models for climate change adaption, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told a meeting on September 26. At the event in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, he said climate change has posed challenges affecting development, the environment and local livelihoods. He asked ministries and central agencies to work closely with the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region and the People’s Committees of the Mekong Delta localities to devise climate change adaptation plans. Climate change response must be included in local development plans, he noted, suggesting Mekong Delta authorities re-organise operations of irrigation networks and anti-saltwater culverts while reinforcing and building new sea dykes. They should also raise public awareness of climate change. The Mekong Delta comprises 12 provinces and one centrally-run city, covering about 40,000 sq.km. of land or 12.3 percent … [Read more...] about Mekong Delta must avoid subjectivity in climate change response

Vietnam needs a total of 30 billion USD for climate change response through green growth, said a report released at a meeting in Hanoi on May 21. Climate change related disasters have caused annual average cost in damages of 2-6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to the Climate Public Expenditure and Investment Review announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment under the support of the World Bank (WB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The report showed that the Vietnamese Government spent a limited amount of its own resources for climate change mitigation, including low-carbon energy generation (about 4 billion VND equal to 183,000 USD) and energy efficiency measures (about 76 billion VND equal to 348,000 USD). In the meantime, the report said about 88 percent of the total budget for climate-change response during 2010-13 (14.9 trillion VND) was spent for direct activities, such as building infrastructure, building dykes to … [Read more...] about Vietnam needs 30 bln USD for climate change response

The high-level dialogue between the National Steering Committee on Climate Change and development partners was held in Hanoi on October 25 with the aims to seek measures to help Vietnam in climate change mitigation. The event was co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Trinh Dinh Dung, who is head of the National Steering Committee on Climate Change, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) Tran Hong Ha, and UN Country Coordinator in Vietnam Pratibha Mehta. Speaking at the event, Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung said that climate change has become an urgent matter globally, and has been paid increasing attention of countries as well as humankind. Deputy PM Dung noted that Vietnam is among countries most vulnerable to climate change, citing the World Risk Index which ranks Vietnam fifth in terms of damage inflicted by natural disasters. Natural disasters have killed and injured hundreds of people every year, while causing average loss of 1.9 billion USD, accounting for 1.3 … [Read more...] about High-level dialogue finds out measures for Vietnam`s climate change response – Social affair

Prime Minister (PM) Nguyen Xuan Phuc received IPCC Chairman Hoesung Lee in Hanoi on October 24. During the reception, the PM spoke highly of the cooperation between the IPCC, which is under the World Meteorological Organisation, and Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, especially amid heavy climate change impacts on the country at present. Climate change is happening at a fast pace in Vietnam, the Government leader said, noting that the country has suffered from the most severe drought and floods in the past 30 years in 2016, affecting its economic growth and the attainment of socio-economic targets. PM Phuc asked the IPCC to work closely with and support Vietnam to effectively cope with climate change. He suggested the IPCC help the country’s agencies, universities, institutes and hydro-meteorological centre participate in its research groups, especially those on climate change. Vietnam wants the IPCC share climate change response solutions and … [Read more...] about Vietnam hopes the IPCC share climate change response measures – Social affair