The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Forum on Climate Change will be held in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh on September 6-7.
This was announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) at a press conference in Hanoi on August 31.
The forum is to strengthen Asian-European cooperation on climate change issues through partnerships, existing networks, exchanges of views and the sharing of information on climate change and how to deal with the effects.
It will also discuss the outcomes of the 15th UN Conference on Climate Change as well as regional and global measures.
The organisation of the forum is a Vietnam’s initiative which was adopted by the 9 th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Hanoi on May 25-26 last year.
According to domestic and international experts, Vietnam is one of the countries to be the hardest hit by climate change. Being aware of this, Vietnam has actively joined in regional and international efforts to deal with the effects of climate change.
In 2009, the country approved the National Programme on Coping with Climate Change as well as scenarios on climate change and rising sea levels./.
This was announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) at a press conference in Hanoi on August 31.
The forum is to strengthen Asian-European cooperation on climate change issues through partnerships, existing networks, exchanges of views and the sharing of information on climate change and how to deal with the effects.
It will also discuss the outcomes of the 15th UN Conference on Climate Change as well as regional and global measures.
The organisation of the forum is a Vietnam’s initiative which was adopted by the 9 th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Hanoi on May 25-26 last year.
According to domestic and international experts, Vietnam is one of the countries to be the hardest hit by climate change. Being aware of this, Vietnam has actively joined in regional and international efforts to deal with the effects of climate change.
In 2009, the country approved the National Programme on Coping with Climate Change as well as scenarios on climate change and rising sea levels./.
