At the conference (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Plans and measures to implement
the Paris Agreement on climate change in the northern part of Vietnam were the
focus of a conference held in Hanoi on August 29.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Nationally
Determined Contributions Partnership (NDC-P) and Germany’s Federal Ministry for
the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) worked
together to organise the event.
Participants discussed the State management on
climate change and Vietnam’s plan to implement the global climate change pact.
They examined climate change scenarios and impacts on the northern region and
the Red River Delta, and ways to mobilise financial resources to cope with
climate change.
The northern mountainous
province of Bac Kan shared its experiences in coping with climate change and
building a plan to carry out the Paris agreement.
Deputy Minister of Natural
Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan said after approving the Paris agreement
on October 31, 2016, the Government Prime Minister assigned ministries, sectors
and localities to develop specific plans and actively integrate climate change
response into socio-economic investment and development schemes.
At the same time, the PM asked the Ministry of
Natural Resources and Environment to organise training conferences on the
agreement’s implementation for localities in the north, central and southern
regions. The ministry is also tasked with studying new models and approaches to
tackle climate change.
Jenty Kirsch-Wood, a representative from the
UNDP said the agency has launched some important projects to support the Vietnamese
Government in implementing its action plan to realise the Paris Agreement.
The UNDP is committed to supporting innovative
measures that pave the way for new partnerships with stakeholders, she said,
adding that the agency wants to cooperate with the private sector to reduce
research and development costs and deploy cutting edge technology that is
adapted to Vietnam’s unique conditions.
The conference, the third of its kind, was held
following similar events in the central region on July 28 and the southern
region on August 18.
The Paris Agreement, which was
adopted during the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in December 2015, entered into
force on November 4, 2016.
It is the first legally
binding document on climate change that applies to all parties.-VNA