During workshop held by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), experts from the World Bank, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, GIZ, UNDP and more gave feedback and recommendations for the review and update of Vietnam’s NDC. (Photo for illustration) The country set up a team for NDC review in November last year. The team, led by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan, gathers a number of experts and scholars in climate change and governmental officials from ministries and state agencies. The review and update of the greenhouse gas mitigation component in Vietnam focuses on energy-related policies, industrial and agricultural production, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) and waste, reported Nguyen Khac Hieu, Deputy Director of the MoNRE’s Climate Change Department. Evaluation of data needed … [Read more...] about Vietnam reviews NDCs for Paris Agreement implementation
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Paris Agreement faces challenges under the Trump administration Current Affairs
Monday, April 03, 2017 - 9:00:00 (VOVworld) - US President Donald Trump on March 28th signed an “Energy Independence Executive Order” that rolls back Obama’s main environmental protection laws to realize his campaign’s promise to support the coal industry. The order poses new challenges to the Paris Agreement on preventing global warming adopted by UN members in 2015. Last week US President Donald Trump signed an “Energy Independence Executive Order” at the Environmental Protection Agency. Leaders of leading American coal companies witnessed the signing. Trump’s Executive order demands a review of Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which restricts emissions from coal-fired power plants. The new executive order encourages the production of energy including kerosene, natural gas, and coal and dismantles a number of restrictions concerning fossil fuel energy production which run counter to global support for clean energy use. The Clean Power … [Read more...] about Paris Agreement faces challenges under the Trump administration Current Affairs
Forum scheduled to prepare for Paris Agreement implementation
Hanoi (VNA) - Heads of international development partners will be invited to a high-level policy forum which is slated for March, 2016 to prepare for Vietnamâs implementation of the Paris Agreement 2015, according to Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The National Committee on Climate Change (NCCC) and foreign development partners, will look to carry out the agreement on the target of enhancing global response to the urgent threats of climate change, which was approved by involved parties at the 21 st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). Vietnamâs key partners, including the United Nations Development Programme, the UK and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, are ready to support the country in building action plans to implement the deal. Technical meetings between relevant ministries, partners and experts are scheduled during the policy forum, to increase mutual understanding of the agreementâs impacts … [Read more...] about Forum scheduled to prepare for Paris Agreement implementation
Paris agreement on climate change likely to take effect late 2016 Current Affairs
Monday, September 05, 2016 - 7:46:13 (VOVworld) – On September 3 in Hangzhou city, China, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping handed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a document on ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change. The ratification by the two countries, which emit the largest amount of greenhouse gas, marks an important step forward to put the agreement into force by the end of 2016, earlier than scheduled. According to President Obama, climate change is an issue, more important than any challenges in this century, and the fight against climate change is not confined to an individual country. The Paris deal is the sole and best opportunity to protect our planet. President Xi expressed his hope that two countries’ decision will press more countries to take action, saying coping with climate change relates to the future of a country’s citizens and of humankind. He pledged to seriously implement the agreement. Statistics show … [Read more...] about Paris agreement on climate change likely to take effect late 2016 Current Affairs
President-elect Donald Trump and the Paris Agreement Current Affairs
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 20:00:00 (VOVworld)- The ongoing 22nd UN Conference on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco is discussing implementation of the Paris Agreement which came into force on November 4th. The agreement was adopted last year in France by 97 countries who combined- emit 69% of the world’s total green house gases. But Donald Trump’s election has now threatened the COP 22 conference. US President-elect Donald Trump - Photo: Reuters The US is a major part of the Paris Agreement as one of the world’s two largest CO2 emitters. In August, 2015, US President Barack Obama announced a bold plan called “Clean Power” to CO2 emission s 32% by 2030. At the G20 summit in the Chinese province of Hangzhou last September the US announced its approval of the Paris Agreement. This surprising move has encouraged other countries to ratify the agreement. But President-elect Donald Trump strongly opposes any US CO2 gas emission reduction. In his … [Read more...] about President-elect Donald Trump and the Paris Agreement Current Affairs