Localities and ministries must steer clear of
subjectivity and strive to find new models for climate change adaption, Deputy
Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told a meeting on September 26th. At the event in
the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau, he said climate change has posed
challenges affecting development, the environment and local livelihoods. He
asked ministries and central agencies to work closely with the Steering
Committee for the Southwestern Region and the People’s Committees of the Mekong
Delta localities to devise climate change adaptation plans. Climate change
response must be included in local development plans, he noted, suggesting
Mekong Delta authorities re-organise operations of irrigation networks and
anti-saltwater culverts while reinforcing and building new sea dykes. They
should also raise public awareness of climate change. The Mekong Delta
comprises 12 provinces and one centrally-run city, covering about 40,000 sq.km.
of land or 12.3 percent of Viet Nam’s total area. It is home to 18 million
people, accounting for 20 percent of the country’s population. The region has
low and flat terrain which is about 0.7 – 1.2 metres above the sea level,
leaving it vulnerable to the impacts of climate change such as tidal surges and
saltwater intrusion, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment. About 50 percent of the Mekong Delta is flooded for three-four
months every year while 40 percent of its area is affected by saline intrusion.
However, the effects of climate change have worsened, with the region suffering
from serious floods and saltwater intrusion. At the meeting, the ministry
called for synchronous solutions to be taken to cope with climate change. Also
on September 26th, Deputy PM Hue attended a ceremony starting the construction
of a wind power plant in Dat Mui commune of Ngoc Hien district in Ca Mau. The
plant, located at Khai Long tourism site, will cover 2,185ha and feature 50
wind turbines with a combined capacity of 100 MW. It is expected to generate
280 million KWh of electricity when operational.
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