Vietnam will set aside VND2.37 trillion (US$143.6 million) between 2009 and 2015 to address climate change, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Under a national target program recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, the money, half from foreign funds, will be spent on assessing climate change impacts in Vietnam, identifying response strategies and developing a science technology program on the issue.
It will also be used to increase the capacity of organizations and institutions, raise awareness and develop human resources and action plans.
According to international nongovernmental organizations, implementation of climate change programs at full capacity is needed by all sectors at every level to ensure an appropriate response and behavior change to cope with inevitable impacts.
“Strong leadership, multi-stakeholder and cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination are essential to addressing the diverse impacts and causes of climate change,” they said.
In order for Vietnam to mitigate climate change, it should implement more sustainable agricultural production systems such as organic agriculture, rice intensification and biogas that reduces chemical inputs and waste and reduces water use.
Vietnam is among the ten countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to a recent Oxfam report.
Annual temperatures here rose by 0.1 degrees centigrade per decade between 1939 and 2000, and between 0.4 and 0.8 degrees centigrade in its three main cities from 1991 to 2000.
The sea level has risen between 2.5 to 3.0 centimeters per decade over the last 50 years, with regional variations, said Oxfam, concluding that Vietnam is one of the top two countries in the world most at risk from a one meter rise in sea levels by 2100 and the most at risk in East Asia.
Rising sea-levels, more intense typhoons, higher temperatures and increased flooding and drought threaten to drag millions of Vietnamese people back into poverty, the report said.
Source: thanhnien
Thursday, December 11, 2008
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