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Vietnam submits BUR to UNFCCC Secretariat

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.
Vietnam has submitted its first Biennial Update Reports (BUR) to the UNFramework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat at theUnited Nations Conference of the Parties (COP 20) held recently in Lima,Peru.

As the second developing country in theworld to do so, Vietnam illustrated her strong commitment to join theglobe’s climate change resilience efforts, Nguyen Khac Hieu, deputy headof the Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change (DMHCC)under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, said at a pressconference to inform the COP 20 outcomes in Hanoi on December 17.

He noted that the country contributed constructively to the buildingof a new global pact on climate change adaptation to be reached in 2015and other contents of the COP 20.

The country’sefforts in dealing with the impact of climate change and proposals forhammering out a new universal treaty in the field were heard at theevent, which took place from December 1-12.

At theCOP 20, the parties involved agreed to adopt the Lima Call for ClimateAction with 22 clauses and one appendix as part of the UNFCCC.

The new pact will apply for all nations, focusing on mitigating theimpact of climate change; enhancing personnel capacity and technologicaltransfer; mustering financial sources to carry out climate changeadaptation projects in developing countries; and building a blueprintfor the 2015 agreement.

The Intended NationallyDetermined Contributions (INDCs) to the new agreement aim to keep theaverage global temperature rise below 2 Celsius Degrees.-VNA
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