Deputy PM calls for better ASEM cooperation on climate action By Huynh Kim Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at an ASEAN-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference in Can Tho City on June 19 – PHOTO: HUYNH KIM CAN THO – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has called for closer cooperation among members of the ASEAN-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in responding to climate change. At an ASEM conference, titled “ASEM Conference on Climate Action to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – Ways Forward,” held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 19, Deputy PM Minh stated ASEM should reach a common understanding with cooperative actions in responding to climate change to ensure sustainable development, particularly through links to various initiatives and cooperation projects on water management, disaster risk reduction, energy, food safety, gender equality and poverty alleviation. The deputy PM encouraged the promotion of multistakeholder partnerships for climate action, underscoring the importance of establishing a network of information sharing between policymakers, parliamentarians, research institutes, scholars, enterprises and localities in this field. ASEM members should also enhance corporate social responsibility initiatives, public-private partnerships and the use and transfer of green, clean technology, he said. In addition, developed members of the ASEM should provide financial support to developing members that are vulnerable to climate change, he continued. With strong financial capacity as well as advanced and low-emission technology, developed ASEM members could provide access to financing, offer technology transfers and make smart investments in clean, renewable and… [Read full story]
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