The Mekong Delta suffers from severe drought and salinity intrusion in 2016 (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – The European Union (EU) and European countries have been carrying out a number of climate change adaptation and sustainable development projects in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The biggest partners and donors are the EU, Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary and Romania, according to the Foreign Ministry’s information released at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Conference on Climate Action to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals – Ways Forward in Can Tho city on June 18-20. Specifically, the EU implemented a project building a sustainable tra fish (pangasius) supply chain from April 2013 to March 2017 with total investment of 1.9 million EUR (2.2 million USD) and another conducting scientific studies on climate change and coastal erosion in Quang Nam, Ca Mau, and Tien Giang provinces in 2016-2017 worth 1 million EUR (1.15 million USD). The EU also … [Read more...] about European countries implement climate change projects in Mekong Delta
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ASEM members share experience in climate change adaptation
Houses are temporarily reinforced in the face of erosion on the banks of the Cai Con River in Mai Dam town of Chau Thanh district, the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – Representatives from member countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) shared their experiences in coping with climate change on June 19, part of the ASEM Conference on Climate Action to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - Ways Forward in Can Tho city. Filip Kusmierski, an expert on climate change policy of the Polish Ministry of Environment, said to deal with climate change, the key solution is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the environment through projects on researching, developing and promoting the use of clean energy like solar, wind and geothermal energy. At the conference, Poland introduced a project on improving governments’ and relevant sides’ capacity of collecting, managing, analyzing and using data of the energy sector to serve the making … [Read more...] about ASEM members share experience in climate change adaptation
Various solutions to sea level rise in Vietnam
Construction of sea dykes in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - A series of solutions to adapting to sea level rise caused by climate change have been taken in Vietnam, as the phenomenon is posing grave challenges to the ecosystem, biodiversity and natural resources as well as human life. Many researches have affirmed that the sea level is rising in the century with the main cause of climate change. With over 3,260 kilometers of coastline stretching from the north to the south, and about 50 percent of the population living in lowland areas, Vietnam is considered one of the most vulnerable and being negatively impacted by sea level rise. In 2007, the World Bank estimated that a one-meter rise in sea level could affect 10 percent of Vietnam’s population, with a GDP loss of about 10 percent; and a three-meter rise in sea level can directly impact about 25 percent of the country’s population, causing a GDP loss of 25 percent. It can be seen that consequences … [Read more...] about Various solutions to sea level rise in Vietnam
ASEM takes action to respond to climate change
Erosion eats into river banks in the Mekong Delta (Source: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Conference on Climate Action to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - Ways Forward took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 19. Attending the event were nearly 200 delegates from 53 ASEM member economies, leaders of ministries, sectors and 13 Mekong Delta localities. Discussions focused on development amid climate change, combination between climate action and sustainable development goals, and measures to boost Asia-Europe climate partnership toward sustainable development. In his opening remarks, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh said that Vietnam is assessed as one of the countries hardest hit by climate change with the Mekong Delta region one of the three deltas in the world most vulnerable to sea level rise. Climate change’s impacts on Vietnam are serious, posing a threat to the achievement of poverty … [Read more...] about ASEM takes action to respond to climate change
Hot spells to continue until August but not strong nor long
Hot spells will continue to hit northern and central Vietnam until August but they will not last for long and be strong. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Hot spells will continue to hit northern and central Vietnam until August but they will not last for long and be strong, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Centre (NHMC). In the northern region, most of torrential rainfalls will happen from June to August while the temperature in November and December will be 0.5 – 1.0 Celsius degree higher than the average of previous years. The centre warned that from July to September, large waves, which can be 2 – 4 metres high, are forecast to occur from July to September in waters off central and southern provinces due to impacts of the southwest monsoon while coastal northern provinces must also watch out for northeast monsoon large waves. The year 2018 will see about 12 – 13 storms and tropical depressions in the East Sea, some 4 – 5 are forecast to … [Read more...] about Hot spells to continue until August but not strong nor long