Vietnam has submitted its first Biennial Update Reports (BUR) to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat at the
United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP 20) held recently in Lima,
Peru.
The northern province Nam Dinh is participating in the Vietnam
Forests and Deltas (VFD) Programme which is tailored to help
accelerate Vietnam’s transition to a climate change resilient, low
carbon, and sustainable society .
A seminar was held in Hue city in the central province Thua Thien-Hue
from October 21-23 to review the Mekong-Building Resilience to Climate
Change in Asian Cities (M-BRACE) project in the 2011-2014 period.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) considers
Vietnam a success story in the fight against poverty, FAO Director
General Jose Graziano da Silva said.
The 32nd session of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee
continued on October 8 with a focus on the implementation of policies
and laws on climate change mitigation in the Mekong Delta.
Policy-makers and domestic and international scientists attended a
workshop in Hanoi on September 24 t to review migration policies in a
bid to increase community resilience to climate change.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh called on countries to establish a new
global legally binding framework to achieve the goal of limiting the
world to a less than 2 degree Celsius rise in global temperature.
Khanh Hoi estuary in U Minh district, the southernmost province
of Ca Mau is suffering from a severe soil erosion by sea level
rises, deforming its natural shape, causing environmental pollution, and
threatening the life of local people.
Vice President of the World Bank Rachel Kyte toured the Mekong Delta
province of Ben Tre on August 24 to study the impact of climate
change and local efforts to cope with the issue.
The German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation (GIZ) and
Siemens company will team up in a project to make urban areas in the
Mekong Delta resilient to climate change.
The northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on July 30 held a
workshop to share its experience in building the provincial REDD+ action
plan (PRAP) on reducing greenhouse gas emission.
Hundreds of kilometres of coastlines and river banks in the southernmost
province of Ca Mau are suffering from serious soil erosion,
posing a major threat to the life of local people if urgent measures are
not promptly carried out.
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan and
credit package to help Vietnam reform its electricity industry and
enhance capacity to cope with climate change.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has been spending
from a fund of 210 million USD on a water resources management project
in the Mekong Delta, a workshop in Can Tho city heard on June 10.
Vietnam will work with Norway to deepen bilateral cooperation in a
practical and effective manner, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told
Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Magnus in Hanoi on March 19.
The project “Youth Initiative for Climate Change Adaptation” came under
review in the central city of Da Nang on February 24, with youngsters
from Da Nang and the southern cities of Quy Nhon and Can Tho taking
part.
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.
Separate actions cannot solve the increasing impacts of climate change,
thus Ho Chi Minh City is required to intensify its intersectoral
coordination and international cooperation in climate change resilience
and mitigation.
Children will form the core of a 10 billion VND (470,000 USD) climate
change project financed by the Australian Government through the Save
the Children.
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