Võ Tuấn Nhân, Deputy Minister of Natural
Resources and Environment, spoke to the Viet Nam News Agency (VNA) about the
country’s efforts to adapt to climate change. What are your assessments on the
reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) achievements
and Việt Nam actions on climate change?
The whole world, particularly developing
countries, has felt strong impacts of climate change However, Its impacts are
becoming stronger, more complicated and more unpredictable. Fortunately, the world
community is joining hands to respond to these negative impacts. This unity is
reflected through the adaptation of the Climate Change Act adopted at the 21st
Paris Climate Change Conference by 196 countries and territories. All countries
involved are actively preparing further steps to ratify COP 21 documents and to
start implementing the agreement from 2021 onward. In addition, the IPCC’s 6th
Assessment report will help the world further understand the impacts of climate
change. On the other hand, the reports will help countries determine how to
access climate change (CC) impacts and come up with adaptable technology to
cope with CC and cut down the greenhouse gas emission in the global scale. The
IPCC’s proposals offer precious information for policy makers in all countries
to come up with adaptable policies against climate change in their own
countries. At the same time, the IPCC’s report has provided a firm background
for scientists to come up with adaptable measures to cope with CC impacts,
including those in Việt Nam. Do you have any comments on Việt Nam’s climate
change scenarios and the sea level rise discussed at the conference? Việt Nam
is one of the many developing countries vulnerable to climate change. We are
well aware of the importance and great significance of responding to climate
change and against natural calamities in the course of sustainable development
of the nation. Việt Nam has adopted many policies, strategies and programmes in
response to climate change, natural calamity and green growth. We’re confident
that these documents will help to protect the country’s sustainable development
while joining hands with international friends near and far in protecting the
Earth’s climate system. Regarding our country, developing detailed CC scenarios
for all localities is the most important task. We’re basing these on climate
change and sea level rise in 2009 and 2012, and the Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environment will try to update those scenarios based on the
latest information that has been collected, including the information contained
in the AR5 of the IPCC. I’m confident that these updated scenarios will help
localities come up with workable measures in the course of restructuring their
economy to make it adaptable to the impacts of climate change and greenhouse
gas emissions. What’s the significance of the workshop in the present context
of the nation? The workshop was an occasion for Vietnamese managers, scientists
and experts in the field of climate change to exchange their experiences in
this field and to discuss how to expand their co-operation during the
implementation of Paris Agreement in Việt Nam. I’m confident that the strong
co-operation between Vietnamese and foreign scientists will help the Vietnamese
government come up good and workable socio-economic development strategies for
all domains.
Viet
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