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HCM City moves to deal with climate change

Ho Chi Minh City is implementing a series of solutions to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change towards achieving a green growth and sustainable development from 2014 to 2020.
Ho Chi Minh City isimplementing a series of solutions to adapt to and mitigate the impactsof climate change towards achieving a green growth and sustainabledevelopment from 2014 to 2020.

Experts pointed out that Ho ChiMinh City is among ten cities worldwide vulnerable to climate change,especially sea level rise.

After the Government adopted adecision on building a national action plan against climate change, thecity has taken numerous measures to mitigate the diverse impacts ofclimate change on its socio-economic development.

This year, ithas worked with experts from the Netherlands to revise a report onclimate change resilience. However, there are difficulties inimplementing the solutions.

According to Ha Minh Chau, deputyhead of the municipal Office on Climate Change, finance is the firstdifficulty and it comes then the selection of suitable technologies.

Chau also stressed that how to accurately assess the nature ofclimate change that affects each service and each area is also veryimportant to dealing with this weather phenomenon.

In recentyears, climate change has occurred more and more severely in the city.It has experienced more stormy weather and higher tides, which greatlyaffected citizens’ daily activities and businesses’ operations.

Accordingto experts, the city should push forward urban planning and plans onland use, and pay more attention to urban water resources management toadapt to climate change.

Nguyen Dinh Hung, Vice Director ofthe municipal Planning and Architecture Department noted the need toconduct a full and exact assessment of all actualities in order to have abasis, research and information on surrounding impacts.

Hepointed out that previous planning schemes have yet taken into accountsuch changeable conditions so the planning work now must follow a newapproach, and thinking in planning must also be innovative.

Inits long-term effort, the city has taken scientific solutions, includingthe application of scientific and technological advances in coping withthe globe’s changeable weather.

HCM City is Vietnam’s largesteconomic hub. It is forecast to be heavily affected by climate change.Therefore, an active response is necessary for its sustainablesocio-economic development.-VNA

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