Can Tho (VNA) - Vulnerable groups including women and low-income earners should be taken better care of during climate change response initiatives, experts said. Nguyen Thi Yen from CARE Vietnam suggested poverty reduction and gender equality be among key targets in all strategies and investment projects on climate change. The vulnerable groups, especially women, need to be involved in implementing climate change-related projects and making socio-economic development plans at all levels, she said. A majority of the poor, including women, mainly come from ethnic minorities, coastal areas in the Mekong Delta and Red River Delta. They suffer from more severe climate change damage due to a lack of resources for recovery, according to Yen. Increasing natural disasters and sea level rise also pose serious threats to agricultural production and the ecosystem, threatening the livelihoods of women who live on the land, Yen elaborated. Meanwhile, Ky Quang Vinh, a local environmental official … [Read more...] about Vulnerable groups cared in climate change response
Climate change responses
High-level dialogue finds out measures for Vietnam`s climate change response – Social affair
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
Vietnam hopes the IPCC share climate change response measures – 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
Vietnam shares climate change response lessons Current Affairs
Thursday, March 02, 2017 - 18:04:10 (VOVworld) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development chaired working group meetings of the Oceans and Fisheries and APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security as part of the APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) in Nha Trang city. Vietnamese delegates shared their experience on climate change response for agriculture development. Fishery has been the main job of the coastal people of many APEC members. Climate change - bringing intensified droughts, saltwater intrusion, typhoons, and floods - has severely affected people’s lives, particularly poor people in coastal areas. Nguyen Thi Trang Nhung, Director of the International Cooperation Department of Vietnam’s Directorate of Fisheries, said sustainable measures for fisheries development are needed to preserve people’s livelihood, protect natural resources, and ensure food security. “It’s necessary to combine fishery issues and food safety. … [Read more...] about Vietnam shares climate change response lessons Current Affairs
International community supports Vietnam’s climate change response Current Affairs
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 16:14:57 (VOVworld)-Vietnam is one of the countries worst hit by climate change. In 2016, the national climate change strategy has received strong support from the international community. The Global Climate Index indicates that Vietnam ranks 5th among countries most affected by natural disasters, which kill hundreds of people and cause losses of 1.9 billion USD or 1.3% of GDP each year on average. Vietnam has been pursuing a national strategy on climate change as well as other strategies on green growth, natural disaster prevention and control, and renewable energy development. International support Many countries and international organizations have pledged assistance for Vietnam’s climate change response. During a visit to Vietnam last May, UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said the UN will help Vietnam cope with droughts and saline intrusion. The UN plans to mobilize 50 million USD from the international community to support countries … [Read more...] about International community supports Vietnam’s climate change response Current Affairs